CHAPTER 96: Man Who Can't Be Moved

RUE

As I watched Tysha's retreating figure, a deep sense of dread settled in the pit of my stomach. Losing someone I loved was my greatest fear, a fear born from witnessing my mother's struggles after my father's passing.

I remembered the pain etched on my mother's face, the emptiness in her eyes as she fought with the loss of her significant other, the person she had thought she would spend eternity with. It was a pain I could never fully comprehend, but I knew it was crushing, overwhelming, and all-consuming.

And now, facing the possibility of losing Tysha, I felt that same fear haunting me. I feared that I had irreparably damaged our relationship, that I had shattered the trust and love we had built together.

The thought of never being able to mend what was broken filled me with a sense of helplessness and despair. I was terrified that I wou