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Author: Ayokunsi
last update Last Updated: 2024-02-27 04:37:52

Alex went home and opened a drink for himself, he

needed something to make him forget. He needed something to take it all away. The pain and all.

What made it worse was that it was also his birthday.

Early in the morning, he had thought it was the best day ever as he had been given Isabella but slowly it had turned to his worst day ever.

He had not gone to meet Steph. He wasn't sure how to be strong for her, being that way.

He couldn't pretend to be strong for her and he knew she didn't need another person crying next to her.

He rather just stayed away.

He picked up his third glass of wine.

He wondered why life could be so cruel to him especially in this kind of moment. He opened his phone and the first picture he saw was the one he had asked the doctor to take if he and Steph with Isabella.

Has he looked more at the picture, his eyes got watery again. He wished he could turn back the hands of time and held her longer, hugged her tighter and stared at her longer.

He wished he did a
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