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

to walk in on something I shouldn’t

her heels, and slipped into her house

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at me. “Why the long

snake at its head today.” I tossed her a

sinking back into the couch, laughing at myself. “It

startled the snake instead.”

quite the poet today.” Christine

lost.

I sighed, “I had

mother’s death

shipped off.”

shared the whole story with Christine

the little bitch stays, and now, we’ve got an

and sipped her juice. “But Bryant

was curious.

has he ever

she’d have gone on a rant about Margaret’s

she was oddly

and saw