Love Isn't Enough

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sages and mails, deleted them without even reading them, cutting off and wiping away anything that reminded me

t furious

she do t

and my life, I missed her, really missed her. I was messed up, she had ruined me for every

, exce

h that was always present on her face whenever she was around me. Her blue eyes were dull, as i

fall for that twinkle of greed, mi

o

ago I had eyes only for her, and I was blindly and madly in love with her. We ha

it all in just

hat a small part of me still wanted her, e

red and the angst was still buried deep within me a

for breaki

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ny such emotion on his face, but it was quite noticeable that something good had happened to him. At first, I was confu

kplace and secondly, he was

ing at all. I was not in a mood to entertain fri

you, too, buddy. I was just chec

very

my attention. We were going to meet in the evening anyway, if

fferent person at work. Reece, more than anyone, knew that during wor

rking, I hated gett

h right across from my desk, "But since you are all alone

was going t

curious. Months of going through the torture of seeing him waste himself away and the

e a while. We had all pressed him into telling what had trig

ack when he had come back from wherever a week ago,

that Amelia and he had sorted things out two days ago, so something m

e past six years, and were the only ones who could get me away from my work and make me want to enjoy my time a l

en want to

d put it aside, "That is, if you also tell me where yo

to know." He had a tea

ck after weeks, completely different and determined. You are happier now, Reece, I want to know what happened there. We are all happy f

thinking about anyone else, I'm sorry." He sighed, "But I will

ed forward of my elbo

situation, was beaten up." I winced – he had never said a word. I could have helped him. He could have stayed here and

hen, and I was pressed to ask,

time. My only issue had been my breakup with Amelia and I got an unbiased opinion from the counselor,

art person. He made Reece drop his prid

envy whenever I had been around them. They always reminded me of what I once had, what had be

nded between me and her. I don't eve

rating, because I had found myself living vicariously thro

and when the web had finally cleared, they both had already said and

a little too proud to com

ionship counsel

a wonderful insight. I think you'll like him. Maybe y

in the web of lies and misunderstandings, too. But eve

had been something repairable, it would have been f

hook my head, "There's

e you make - sad, lonely and depressed." His tone softened, "Do you think you can forget the entire ordeal by just, immersing yourself in work and o

his to ever come out of your mouth. This co

the fu

e forgetting her, I would have been able to do th

l in love again, have a family

ompete. And to know that a connection of that kind could be broken, left me without hope – I didn't

ren and other people from whom I didn

you would want to see this guy. He's important to me as well and I wo

g wrong with a h

o this weekend, arrange a din

, "You are a little den

onfused

hint. I'm getting marrie

e table to meet my friend in a congratulatory hug. He had

ulations

He had made it clear that

o fast, but we just don't want to let go o

of you. I need to meet Ameli

asti

es

y bes

ught that spot was reserved for m

g watering. Weddings

as just co

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eet this man?" I asked Reec

s going to piss me off, "I didn't tell you about one little thin

th?" I narrowed my eyes, clenching my fis

nselor is a wom

" I asked him, "Wait, you aren't setting me up with her or so

st want you to meet her. I don

he wasn't there when we were together and when we broke up, but out of all people, he knew the most, and he kn

I ask her right away, but maybe we shoul

ing to do." I suggested, "Let's just see if sh

inform her beforehand. If she doesn't want to meet, she'll say, okay?

u. I just want to

le that made me

as he

feeling nervous. I had nothing against hospitals, bu

couldn't put a finger on what,

ll to her and be bac

u call her in

t," he

aking me so nervous, I couldn't find anything, not even a person who was staring a

as going

must be really good at what she does – the hospital looked like it o

g about was my mother's age and t

time n

from the other si

all those miles to come

ldn't hear w

ook that made me more nervous. What was wrong with me? I was

me." I smirked. I was well known, I just didn'

d it anyway, "His name is Sebastian, Sebas

oud gasp from the other side

e, to which he replied, "I

ore eager to meet me now that she knew my name. Guess, there are

he's uncomfortable,"

turned towards me, "She needed to go somewhere, but she has

d have just shown her face for a minute and at least greeted us. I think we should go ba

have a word with the re

m her before we wasted our time and traveled all the way down here, I didn't know. He

ed to go ba

back of my head, and then the moment I turned

t me and then disappeared as she

look from her was enough to get my nerves s

was definite

was making me want to st