Images of Evelyn’s smiles and frowns replayed in his mind, lingering long.

His main purpose in returning to Seamarsh was to bury Evelyn’s ashes here.

Seamarsh was Evelyn’s hometown, a place she knew well and loved.

In his life, the two women he felt he failed the most were his mother and Evelyn.

Ever since he met Evelyn and they fell in love, he never let her have a moment’s peace.

Tragically, her life ended miserably because of him.

For years, he lived with regret and self-blame.

Why had he failed to protect her? Why wasn’t he the one to die?

These questions haunted him, unanswered.

thing that kept him going all

tormented by nightmares where Evelyn appeared, drenched in

the one meant to

splashed cold water on his face, which helped him sober

at his reflection in the mirror, a sad smile on his

somewhat resembling Matthew’s, seemed to morph into Matthew’s

eyes then flared with a dark,

Matthew

on the

door, he accidentally bumped into

and demanded an

off the man and

The man was

and punched Benny, who was too drunk to stand firm, knocking him to

“I wanted an apology.

What’s with that face?”

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