Echoes of Unrequited Love

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Thinking about this, I immediately got fired up and said with a smile, “I’m all rested up. Let’s hit

the road.”

An hour later, the four of us regrouped at the viewing deck in the sea of clouds area.

Surrounded by the poetic and picturesque sea of clouds, it felt like stepping into a fairyland, and for a moment, the weight on my heart seemed to lift.

“Ms. March, would you mind snapping a pic of me and Mr. Zade together?”

As I took Shirley’s smartphone, I was only too happy to oblige. “Of course.”

When opportunity knocked, who was I to turn it away? No sooner had I spoken than Shirley eagerly linked arms with Hogan, cozying up like they’d known each other for ages.

The man in the frame, though unresponsive, didn’t push her away either.

reason,

an intimate photo together. Every time I suggested taking a snapshot for keepsakes,

back now, it was probably just his way of sugarcoating his

question

the flames for Shirley, “President Stapleton, scooch over to the left a bit.”

stood to Shirley’s left. In reality, they were already way closer than mere acquaintances. but Shirley was so star–struck by Hogan that upon hearing my suggestion, she practically

Ms. March?”

But that fine moral line

I humbly said, “One, two,

my camera clicked, Hogan couldn’t wait to put some

back to Shirley and

the phone, glanced at it, and then showed it to

and said, “President Stapleton sure knows how

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to hit a brick wall, suddenly seemed a bit embarrassed. Her little crush on Hogan was plain as