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He slowly looked up at me and I could see the trail of his tears.

His mouth opened but he closed it again. He bent down again and then slowly stood up. And I'm hard.

He also stared at me for a long time. For so long I thought he would never speak again. It took so long that he seemed to memorize every angle, every lunal drawn on different parts of my face.

I closed my eyes then took a deep breath and was about to speak but he spoke again.

"You don't need to know everything Elle. Whatever you've heard before can you just forget? Just...