“How long?”
Doctor Sarah's expression hardened.
“Brittany, you need to keep calm.”
“How long?” I repeated.
Chloe squeezed my hand but I barely noticed.
Doctor Sarah was inhaled deeply.
“Three months.”
“No?”
“Yes”
“No that's not possible”
Chloe bent next to me.
“I’m here Brittany”
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I couldn't stop thinking about him.
Nathaniel.
Even though I knew none of it had been real, the feelings still felt painfully real.
The way he looked at me when he asked me to marry him again.
I closed my eyes and tried to push the memories away.
Why would my mind create a world where Nathaniel became the man I had always wanted him to be.
Or maybe because somewhere deep inside, I was still hoping he would.
“Brittany”
I opened my eyes.
Chloe sat beside, keeping a close watc
