Riley in his shirt

"You can never regret loving someone. You regret what they do to you." [Christian]

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Morning came and Riley tried to cheer up. She lifted her head to look at the window as she heard the squeals of laughter coming from outside. It's a sunny morning. She watched as the small plants on the side of the road swayed to the mild breeze. There at the center, a few kids were playing hide n seek. Two of them laughed out loud when one was caught. Last night she waited for him to be back, but he never returned. She never thought she will miss him the way she did in his absence. In her mind, their times together played as a cassette tape that was on a rewind mode whenever she tried to fall asleep. The dark circles on her eyes reminded her of a sleepless night. She tried to cheer up to fake her emotions. 'Why do I feel like I am escaping something.'

'You are not just feeling it, you are doing it, Riley.'

The ringing of a phone caught her attention as she leap