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Chapter 31
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Lizzy
While we make our way to the dining room, I spot and a few photo frames scattered around the table and stop to look at them. Markus looks over at me and places a hand at the small of my back, “is that you?” I ask, inspecting a picture of a naked baby with just a single diaper on.
“Don’t I look dapper as always?” he wiggles his eyebrows and I laugh “you’re so full of yourself”. As I looked over all the pictures that were so beautifully laid out on the counter top I couldn’t help but feel a pang of jealousy at how amazing Markus’s childhood must have been. All of his pictures are of his family laughing together and enjoying their vacation, if only my mom was alive, I could have had it all.
‘But she’s not’ I tell myself, ‘get it together’ Markus rubs his hand on the small of my and softly says “hey!” I clear my throat before I start to cry and fake a laugh “you know, I’m kind of jealous seeing all these pictures” I say honestly “you’
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