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Ashley ran over and hugged Mark.
“You can’t go! What would I do without you!
You promised you wouldn’t leave me alone!”
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The teacher was still flabbergasted.
Mark cared a lot about his public image. Now
he was red and sad in the room where people
turn in materials:
“Sarah, do you want me to go or not?”
That’s a surprise. Mark usually tells me that
he has his own life and I can’t control him.
Now he wanted me to choose.
I shook my head.
“That is up to you. Just do what you want.
I hope you ask yourself if this feels right.”
I turned around.
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“Sarah!”
I got faster.
I could hear Mark’s voice and Ashley
shouting.
“Let me go! Leave me alone!”
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Mark didn’t call me until I was about to leave.
But he started posting on social media daily.
The first one was a throwback graduation
photo of us.
The second was our engagement day.
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I was wearing his engagement ring.
Finally, he said, “I miss you, Sarah”
Of course, he only allowed me to see the
post.
I scrolled over to the next picture and left a
comment on a picture of my friend:
“Pretty girl!”
I got a phone call before my flight:
“Professor Sarah! Come to the hospital!
Professor Mark had an accident during the
experiment! He doesn’t want to see the
doctors! He wants to see you!”
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I was confused.
Mark takes his research very seriously. A
student misread the scale and he got a group
chat notification.
Why such a huge accident? What’s going on
in his mind?
Mark was grabbing at the air when I got
there.
“Where’s Sarah? Get her! Don’t touch me!”
Ashley was crying.
“Brother, Professor Sarah isn’t here. Let me
take care of you! Your eyes can’t get more
sunlight! You need to get medical care right
now! Stop trying to find her! Please!”
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He shrugged her off.
Mark gripped the bed.
“Go… go! Sarah doesn’t want me to be with
you! You can’t be here! Go away!”
“Brother…” Ashley cried.
“Mark.”
I called him.
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“Sarah?”
He got out of bed and almost fell. Ashley
tried to hold him, but he shoved her back.
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He felt for me and tears formed on his
bandages.
“You’re here… You came to see me…
He hugged me as I felt him shaking.
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“Don’t go… Sarah… I messed up. Don’t leave
me.”
I didn’t move.
“You can’t cry.”
He bit his lips and held me tight.
I tried to move him.
“I have to fly out in an hour.
You wanted me, so I came. Can you take care
of yourself now?”
His body shook and his bandages got wet.
The doctor rushed over.
“What’s going on? Let’s go! He can’t cry!”
They pulled me away from him.
I could hear him calling me.
“Don’t let her leave! Sarah!”
I watched him.
Ashley reached over and got knocked into a
flower pot. She started bleeding on the
around
ground.
I turned and walked away.
The sky was blue.
I had to start my own journey.
