Waking Up From A 5-Year Dream
My childhood sweetheart who promised to marry me the moment I graduated proposed to Camille Willow, my sister, during my graduation ceremony.
At that moment, Dennis Malcolm, the most eligible and admired bachelor in Blington City's elite circle, stepped forward and confessed his love for me immediately after my childhood sweetheart's proposal was accepted.
For five years after our marriage, Dennis showered me with devotion, treating me with such tenderness that it felt as though I were the center of his world.
But everything shattered the day I overheard a conversation between him and his close friend.
"Dennis, now that Camille's on top, are you really going to keep pretending with Tracy?"
"It doesn't matter. I'll never have Camille. Besides, as long as I'm here, she'll never disrupt Camille's happiness," he answered.
The paper notes he held dear, each one carefully preserved, revealed a harsh truth. Each one carried her name, accompanied by heartfelt wishes:
"May Camille be released from her burdens. May she find peace within herself."
"May Camille achieve all she dreams of, and may her heart love freely."
"Camille, we were never meant to be together in this life. I can only hope that in another, we will walk side by side."
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Five years of devotion shattered in a single moment of clarity.
I crafted a false identity and planned an elaborate drowning to vanish without a trace.
From this day forward, in this life and all others, we shall never cross paths again.
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