Madeline
I watched the entire thing happen like I was standing there. Tears poured down my face for what had happened to the couple who clearly loved each other. I was loved, deeply, and truly loved by my parents, who sacrificed everything for me.
When everything came to an end, my father stood before me. The man who had everything in his life stolen from him and had faced impossible decisions. My heart broke for him and, at the same time, filled with love. I reached to hug him, and being wrapped in my fathers embrace healed a part of me I had not known was broken. "She kept her promise to you." I whispered to him. The woman who had raised me had loved me, and I had known that.
He hugged me tighter and finally pulled away from me. Looking at my face, he gently kissed my forehead.
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