After uttering those words, Dorothy closed her eyes, her body starting to tremble ever so slightly as if bracing for the agony that was imminent.

But the pain didn't come.

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"I don't want you to compensate me in this way," he said, dropping the words like a stone before turning and walking into the bathroom.

Dorothy remained lying on the bed, her hair splayed out around her like strands of seaweed.

With his weight lifted, the air rushed back into her lungs in greedy gulps, and a bitter smile flickered across her lips.

Was this compensation? Not really.

to feel Everett. Truly feel

if it meant pain, it

sound of water from the bathroom started

up in bed, didn't bother with the lights, and just sat on

emerged with a towel wrapped around his waist, she

once, no questions, okay,

one to give

"Yeah, I thought something happened to you." He never willingly cut contact with her, and she worried—was it an

mind, but she never imagined he'd

you don't take

"Didn't Kenneth flaunt in front of you that he could go to the cemetery, and I couldn't? That's

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