"My love..."A sort of calmness settled in my belly just from hearing his voice, I didn't know when I gripped my chest and breathed out loudly. "Ellen? Baby, are you there?" He now sounded worried and scared."Yes. I'm here, Ace."He breathed out, "I was so worried when I couldn't reach you anymore. Where are you? Are you okay? Are you in trouble?" "I'm fine. Really, I'm good," I said, glancing at Marissa. She smiled, picked up my empty cup with hers, and walked away."I was so scared.""Oh baby, I'm so sorry. I'm truly sorry for everything, I should have done better. I should have searched harder, I should have done everything until I can no longer do anything. I'm sorry for not putting in enough effort and letting you suffer. I'm so sorry, Ellen.""It's not your fault, stop blaming yourself," I assured him, "I never blamed you. Not once since I got into this."I couldn't tell if he was crying but there was a brief silence, I feared the connection broke and when I started to speak,
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