“Did you know them?” The young girl asked the man, his facing seemingly melted off, features long and wrinkled before ending abruptly. His profile lit his angry features as he gazed into the flames.
“Not me, no,” he said as his eyes gleamed with the light of the fire, “but… I will offer my wife to you instead.”
The young girl smiled, her mouth full of slightly sharpened teeth and let out a light chuckle, “thank you,” she spoke quietly. As quickly as she spoke, she was gone, her footfalls knocking on the popcorn ceiling above him. All traces of his wife had gone: no photos, no belongings, just an already faded memory and a bed too large for only one man.
Every morning the man awoke and remained in his bed, he laid so long he began to sink into the mattress, losing himself in the silence. Through the window -- observing -- the young girl grinned, her teeth clasped together.
About the Creator
Ady Evans
Due to someone hacking my original account I was forced to delete it & make a new one, so this is my new account.
My apologies to my old subscribers & those who enjoyed my stories. I will be republishing all my old stories soon.
The steps to losing a child
Step One: Lose a child. Not what anyone wants to happen and nothing you can do to change it, but you can go through steps to becoming happy again. You can go through steps to loving again. You can go through steps to become a new you because after losing a child you will never be the same person you once were.
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