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- I need to run.

- Go ahead friend. I'll look after Melissa.

A familiar feeling pierced my heart.

He nodded, afraid to betray himself with the intonation of his voice.

He ran as fast as he could, wherever his eyes looked. He raced so fast that he did not notice how he flew past the grave of his sister. Jumped over the cliff and ran on.

The scent of pine needles filled my lungs, but didn't dislodge the memory of Melissa's scent. Don't get him out of your head. Nostrils dilated, inhaling the freshness of the thicket. Having reached the lake, he jumped straight into the water. He swam to the middle, lay on his back and fixed his eyes on the star-studded sky. The splashing of water, the sounds of the nocturnal inhabitants, slowly soothed my tormented soul.

I got used to hate myself, to see and feel a monster in myself. Once, Katherine helped me get out of my own captivity, and now there is Melissa, and in my life, in addition to black and white colors, color ones also appeared.