When Love Breaks by Jack

I couldn’t quite figure out if Bryant was despicable or just pitiful. “So, you’re

worried that the truth about his mother’s death might set him off again?”

“Yeah.” Gary nodded, “The psychiatrist suggested we take it slow and wait

until Mr. Bryant’s feeling a bit better.”

“Okay.” My response was flat, devoid of any emotion.

I’d rather not deal with the Ferguson family’s drama anymore if it weren’t for

Timothy’s dying wish. But then, getting home and thinking about Bryant’s

plight stirred a faint sense of pity in me. That quickly evaporated, however, the

moment I remembered how he yelled at me in the hospital room. That scant

pity vanished without a trace.

I suddenly found myself loathing my inability to be more decisive, hating that I

couldn’t plan things better.

While I was lying on the couch, zoning out in sheer boredom, Christine

suddenly popped by.

opened the door. “Why didn’t you just use your fingerprint to come

something

her heels, and slipped

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at me. “Why the long

the snake at its head today.” I tossed her a

at myself. “It turned out that I

startled the snake instead.”

the poet today.” Christine unscrewed the bottle, moving

bad I’m lost. Can you spell it out for

woke up today.” I sighed, “I had the

was behind Bryant’s mother’s death and was ready to have

shipped off.”

I shared the whole story

little bitch stays, and now, we’ve

juice. “But Bryant

curious.

has he

rant about Margaret’s family tree by

she was

saw her