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Sapphire

I sucked in a deep breathe as the words left his mouth. Sean's father is no more?

"Though we never talked, though I never liked him for what he was, I don't blame him. He was in love after all.. he loved her and he waited. he waited for as long as he can remember, But my mother was stubborn. I can't blame her either, she already lost her heart to someother person.."

I gasped, as my mouth gaped open. "What?"

He nodded. "He was her choice. When she put him forward to my grandpa, he rejected him. My mother loved her father way too much that she married unwillingly for him. But that didn't stop her from meeting her lover. She couldn't love my father, her heart was already with someone else.."

I went for his rigid shoulders and felt them relax under much touch. After a few seconds, he leaned onto me.

"So, that's how it happened. My life." He said. "That's about me."

Tears almost pricked at the corner of my eyes looking at his futile attempt of smiling and making me feel ever