CASSIUS VALE POV The past couple of days had been great between Annelise and I, walking into the condo and seeing Anne seated alone in the balcony, quietly lost in thought and shedding tears broke my heart, as I approached her, I hoped her tears weren’t because of me, she didn’t notice my presence so she startled when I called her. Her wet eyes looked at me and my heart shattered in a million pieces, she was all red, she looked like she had been crying for a while now. I helped her up and she hugged me tightly like she hadn’t just seen me this morning before I went out, her sniffles and constant hiccups made me want to get rid of whatever was wrong that instant. Before I could ask her if I was the reason she was crying… Again, she said something that caught me off guard. “You’re my ever

