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Chapter 9
Two weeks.
Fourteen days.
Three hundred twenty hours, fourty minutes and twenty seconds.
She still counted the seconds. Still needed to drag herself out of bed every day.
She dreamed of him every night. Heard his lilting voice. Felt his hand caressing her skin. Saw his mouth tilting up into a lopsided grin.
It was just so hard. So hard to live without him.
It shouldn't be that hard. She had been alone for most of her life. She should know the feeling. She should be able to deal with the loss and move on.
But she couldn't. Not since Henry had appeared at her doorstep and her life had taken a completely different turn. She found her parents, the family she always dreamed of, friends. Found the support she always craved for. And she found him. She found love again. Something she hadn't thought could be possible.
She found him. Her soulmate. Her true love.
If it wouldn't be for Henry, she wouldn't know how to survive the days. He was the one who kept her upright, made her function. He needed her to be a mother. So she pulled herself together every day. For him.
They were searching for a way. For a way back to the people they loved. Every day he was dragging her into the library, going through books and books, hoping to find something in there that could help them.
But so far they had found nothing.
She knew it wouldn't be that easy. Knew she would be apart from him for quite some time. Knew she wouldn't see him again after a few weeks. Tried to stay strong for Henry's sake.
Until now. She needed a few hours for herself, told Henry she had a doctor's appointment and went out to the place she had to say goodbye to the man she loved. The wind was wiping over the field, rattling at her clothes but she didn't even register the cold as she stared into the distance, her heart longing for her pirate.
She closed her eyes, could see him standing before her in his usual black leather attire and she almost reached out, hoping to feel his skin but instead she balled her hands into fists inside her pockets, knowing that he wasn't here, that he was somewhere where she couldn't reach him.
And it hurt. It hurt so much.
Her knees gave out under her and she crumbled to the ground, wrapping her arms around her legs and buried her face in the crook of her elbow as the sobs racked her body.
She missed him. She missed him so much.
Sorry that it is so short but if I can manage (I have a lot to do tomorrow) I'll write another one tomorrow but if I don't get around …
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