My world was suddenly bright again, her lighting up the one half and James the other. But CC was right next to me at the time. This was a moment she had been talking about almost a third of her life. So when it came, I simply shrugged, put on my best carefree poker face and said, "Happy birthday."
As the days went by and things went back to normal, I found myself slowly rewriting the name in my heart.
I no longer wanted to live as a man who loved a woman just because she'd mourned my brother with me. Because my brother wasn't gone anymore and for the first time, a love that was just for me was within reach.
Being with her was absolute perfection every time. She made me want to be better now, to heal. She wanted nothing from me but to be with me.
Alas, I was so used to being with Emil
