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| hesitated before opening the message.
Ma chere Jess, it began. Le ciel parisien semble un peu moins lumineux en ton absence.
| frowned, translating the French automatically. The Parisian sky feels a little less bright while you are away.
The message was beautiful, poetic, and... hollow. It felt wrong to read it, like | was betraying Luke by even
acknowledging it. | wasn't close to even being remotely ready just to acknowledge that Luke is dead. | was even
less ready for whatever Marcello was. | locked the phone without replying and tossed it back onto the bed.
Laura noticed but didn't comment. She simply gavea knowing look, as if she could read my thoughts and
had decided to let it slide-for now.
"Con," she said, tossinga loose sweater. "Let's get this over with."
The waiting room was sterile and quiet, the low hum of the air conditioning the only sound as Laura sat beside
me, flipping through a magazine she wasn't really reading. | couldn't focus on anything-the words in the
magazine, the ticking of the clock. on the wall, nothing. My mind was a whirlpool of questions and fears | wasn't
ready to face.
Finally, the nurse cto get us. | stood up quickly, my legs unsteady, but Laura was there to steady me, her
hand resting lightly on my arm.
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forties, stood by the counter as we entered. His smile was kind, but there was something in his eyes-something
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| sat down on the exam table, trying to steady my breathing. Laura stood at my side, her arm lightly draped over
my shoulder. Her presence was the only thing keepinganchored.
The doctor turned toward me, his eyes softening, but there was hesitation in his movements, as if he didn't quite
know how to approach me. | could see it-the pity in his gaze, the unspoken
words hovering on the edge of his lips. He wanted to say something, | could feel it, and | hated it. | hated the way
he looked at me, as if | was sfragile thing about to break apart.
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Please just make sure she's okay, and the baby is..."
Her voice cracked slightly, but she cleared her throat and pressed on. "Please, just do your job. We're not here
for... anything else."
| stood behind Laura, my body tense, trying to control the rush of emotions that threatened to flood me. My
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