Before long, they were deeply in love.

“I was involved with some shady group.

I was worried about Evelyn’s safety, so I asked her to leave her job and stay with me.

She agreed…”

Benny’s voice was heavy with emotion.

He had kept his real circumstances from Evelyn, not wanting to cause her worry.

Yet, with his frequent injuries, she couldn’t help but suspect something.

She suggested he quit his risky activities.

Benny longed to give her a tranquil life.

He promised her that after one last project, he’d take her and his mother away from it all.

return to her hometown,

I’d take her back,” Benny

hand, holding a wine glass, started

day of the

expressed her unease to Benny, insisting on joining him

no risk, agreed to

they were ambushed on

to escape first, but she

continued, “She broke away from me, shielding me with her

there, powerless, as she

she thought of me, telling me to run

the ensuing

professed her love, gunfire

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nightmarish ordeal, Benny discovered Evelyn’s body, recognizable only by the bracelet on her

of Evelyn’s cremation, Benny contemplated taking his

to live on, honoring his

been me!” Benny set down his wine glass and held his head in

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