My name is Millie. My work is destroying stuff. My nature is clumsy. My fear... right now, is not to make Noah more upset than before. But, as usual, and as expected of my life, I failed to reconcile with him through a cake, and on top of that, I accidentally - note the accidentally - broke his gift. The gift for his mother! Wait, wouldn't that make his mother my... mother-in-law? Oh, crap- "Noah... I-I'm so sorry. I didn't do it on purpose, I SWEAR!" Words wouldn't save me because he was not in for any explanations. He walked to the broken gift, picked it up carefully, and dumped it in the trash. ... He's mad, isn't he? He grabbed my wrist, a bit not so gently, and applied the ointment roughly before stamping it on the counter as he turned his heels and, without a word, left the area. Silence fell, and I contemplated whether to open the trash can. I went with the former, as it was obvious I'd open it. "Now what was really in this package...?" I mumbled as I unwrapped
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