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Empty Space (Pt. 1)
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Anateya’s mind drifted as she stared blankly at her father’s freshly covered grave.
According to Wallace, the Sosa Kartel had found out about her father being a mole and they’d strapped C-4 to his body and left him in an abandoned building.
There was nothing left to bury, so they committed an empty casket.
Like countless times in the last few days, her mind drifted to the moment when her world fell apart.
She refused to believe what the majordomo had said, demanding that they find him and bring him back. She’d attacked Romero with equally blind rage and grief. He’d held her tightly to his chest, murmuring in her ear, trying to center her.
There was no centering her with her father gone. She was hysterical to the point where Romero had no choice but to knock her out.
Those moments of unconsciousness, of nothingness… were a short reprieve from the grief that assaulted her heart
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