Ninety-Six

LISA

My heart crumbled in its cage, I felt painful whiplashes that almost felt like physical pain as my heart which had already ripped a couple of times, ripped again causing me to hold a hand to my chest for support as I realized just how much I’d hurt Axel.

It was like a farmer’s rusted sickle’s hook had been lodged in my heart and gotten stuck halfway, my entire body felt like it couldn't my weight for much longer. I knew I’d hurt Axel, that's what I thought and it’d made life miserable for me, but here I am finding out that I actually crushed him.

That realization tore me to pieces as I watched how hurt and angry he was, I had no idea that this man had loved me with no bounds. I’d known that his love for me was unconditional, but I didn't have the slightest idea that I had a hold on him that would’ve made him fight the world and give up anything just to be with me.

The fact that he'd have even chosen me instead of his family in a heartbeat replayed in my head and caused the sickle