Chapter 28 - Gone
Her voice whittled down to whisper. "I didn't sleep, didn't eat – just wasted away into this heartbroken girl full of worry who didn't even know if you were alive," Winry blinked, wetting long lashes as the swell of sadness threatened to overflow. "That's not me."
Silence roared through the kitchen.
Only her sigh broke the din. "When I thought I couldn't lose anymore, the worst happened," she slowly lifted her gaze from his collar.
Pain stabbed him at the sorrow he saw. He flinched, knowing his part. Tears she couldn't hold back anymore spilled down her cheeks.
"Gran… died Ed."