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[Back to Ember]

This year, many of my friends came to my birthday gathering.

Cain arrived first, as he always did. He found a quiet corner and sat there.

Every year, he brought a gift.

It was always the most extravagant thing in the room.

Gerald had asked me once whether I'd consider rebonding with Cain.

He said Cain hadn't been with anyone since I left.

I laughed a little and shook my head.

I had genuinely loved Cain, once.

He was the boy from my girlhood dreams.

But years move like water, and love can be worn smooth.

He had become someone I'd left behind in yesterday.

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