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Life's Too Short For Regrets

Author: Najoom
last update Last Updated: 2025-01-08 00:54:18

Present Day: Elliot

I leaned against the balcony railing of my penthouse, the city lights sprawling below me. The hum of traffic blended with the occasional distant siren, creating a faint buzz that mirrored the chaos in my mind.

Susan.

Seeing her again had thrown me off balance in a way I hadn’t expected. I thought I’d buried those memories—tucked them neatly into a box, sealed, and stored away in some unreachable corner of my mind. But the moment I saw her, it was like that box burst open, and I was drowning in everything I thought I’d left behind.

Her laugh, her stubbornness, the way she used to light up when she talked about something she loved.

And her guardedness now. That caught me off guard the most.

The Susan I’d known wore her heart on her sleeve, unafraid to feel, unafraid to be vulnerable. This Susan…she had walls. Walls I didn’t know if I could—or should—break down.

I took a sip of the whiskey in my hand, letting the warmth spread through me. It didn’t help. The memory of
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