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Chapter 36
My head felt like it was filled with lead as I sat at the kitchen counter and stared into my empty coffee cup. I had no idea how long ago I’d finished the beverage. I was numb with despair.
“How are you doing, my beautiful Esmerelda?” Anton asked as he walked up behind me and placed his hand on my shoulder. “What can I do for you?”
“I feel like my world has just crashed and burned,” I moaned as I leaned back against his rock hard, yet comforting chest. “I don’t know what to do next.”
“There is very little to do, but be supportive,” he said with sadness.
“He should be taken back to his time,” I whimpered as I wiped at a stray tear. “I think he’d be happier if he was.”
“I agree, but the doctor said that he can nay return to the past,” he said. “It would take what little life he has left in him. I
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