The Accidental Wife by Sara Islam

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Maisie is usually cheerful and fun, but today, something about her doesn't feel right. I don't understand the reason behind this, but something about the way she seems bothers me. I don't like seeing her this upset, and I want to make her feel better somehow. On my way out, I walk towards her to check if she is okay. "What's going on?" I whisper as I take a seat beside her. We're both studying at the library, but from what I can see, she's not studying. She keeps zoning out and every once in a while, she takes a look at the textbook in front of her. I have been here for the past two hours, looking at some resources for a paper I'm writing. When I arrived, Maisie was already here, but I don't know how long she has been sitting like this. "Nothing," she murmurs, but I know that she's not telling the truth.

"Do you

I want to get out of here?" I ask in a quiet voice, not wanting to get kicked out of the library. She stays silent for a couple of seconds, before nodding eventually.

We collect our things and make our way out of the library. Maisie seems to be on another planet and it stuns me that the girl who has the most cheerful personality I have ever encountered is feeling so down like that. As we're walking, Maisie trips over something and the contents of her bag fall to the ground. I hear her curse as the two of us bend down to collect the fallen items. when

I reach for a bottle of of pills and frown

"Give me that, please," Maisie mumbake you feel better?" I ask after a few moments of silence.

do to mak

"Maisie, is there anything I can do

my eyes fall on the name of the medicine. It's an anti-depressant. The doctor prescribed the same medication for Rosie when she first got out of the hospital. and I quietly hand her the bottle without saying a word.

s up at me and I see how her eyes are brimming with tears. to talk?" I

I suggest and for a moment, I wonder if she may get the wrong idea. "I promise I don't have any malicious thoughts!" I quickly say.

so." Maisie's head is hanging low and I hate that.

tell me what happened? Because I'm sure that you're not just this upset out of

don't feel li crying

in public,

Silas." She finally

looks

to my place to "Let's go." She nods and the two of us head to the parking lot. We agree on leaving her car,

both walk inside my apartment. It dawns on me that Maisie is the only girl I have

sits on the couch and I hand her a glass of water and take a seat a little far from

on, Maisie?" I ask, feeling genuine concern

lost my sister exactly a year ago." Her words are weighed down by the heaviness of the sadness they hold. I'm

my eyes. She was the brightest person you could ever see in your entire life and she was so so smart, but

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myself closer to her. "She was one year older than me. We were so close. She was my

because I have never lost a person the way you lost your sister, but I can promise to be here for you whenever you need me." I don't like making promises I

attend therapy, saying that they weren't going to lose their two children. At first, I protested, but honestly, I'm thankful that they made me go because I would have probably done something to myself had it not

to honor her memory?" I ask, desiring nothing but to make her feel

would do that for me?" she asks, her tone showing