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~ 48 ~
I bent forward, my hands covering my face and my forehead nearly touching my knees.
"I can't tell him," I told her between sobs.
I felt her move, sitting down next to me, the paper still in her hand. "But you have to, honey. It's the right thing—"
"I can't! I can't, Lissa. Not now. He doesn't… love me… anymore."
Her arm wrapped around my shoulders, trying to support me as my sobs wracked through my body.
"He does, I know he does. He just…. Rose, he has a right to know."
I shook my head, letting my tears fall unbidden and unrestrained.
"If I tell him, he'll do the right thing."
"Exactly!"
I grasped my best friend's hands in mine.
"I love him so much, Lissa!" I sobbed, feeling my heart breaking all over again.
I looked into her eyes, seeing my pain reflected in them.
"But I rather he be happy and free, than to watch him be miserable with me."
Betaed by the lovely Nicia.