Dorothy tried to speak several times, but in the end, she couldn't muster even a whisper.

"You said before, once this is all over, you'd giveclosure. Does it mean ending it all with your death?" asked Everett.

"Yes." As long as she was gone, everything would be over.

Dorothy knew Everett would be devastated and fall apart, but she believed the acute pain of loss would eventually pass. After all, once she was gone, there was nothing he could do.

Maybe it would take ten years, maybe twenty, but eventually, he would move on.

And then, he might meet someone new to grow old with...

nature, she was

away, that would be the end of her story. She hoped

the thought of seeing Everett

as if talking to Dorothy, but also as if speaking to himself, "Who can givethat answer? If it could end well, then I don't care how difficult or painful the journey is." "As long

"Why do you suggest I find someone else, instead of you trying to meethalfway for once? Wouldn't it be simpler if

for sresponse from you." If she nodded, Everett was ready to take not just the next thousand steps, but ten thousand! He didn't care what others thought; he was all in! If people back hwhispered behind their backs, he would take Dorothy and

he would abandon

what did material possessions or social status matter? Having said so much already, Everett figured he might as

can't." Compared to Everett's overwhelming

too easy, too enticing

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