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Prompt: Forgettable

Contains: angst

It was her.

He stared dully into the stained, weathered floor. Was it true? Had she been the one to sell him out?

She wanted you gone.

If she had, could he blame her?

He was a fool. He’d stayed too long, worn out his welcome. Thrown himself upon her mercy when he should have fled.

She’d suffered, and he’d made it worse. She had a beautiful future with her child, and he, with no future, had jeopardized it. Of course she wanted him gone. Of course she wanted to forget him.

Just . . .

To be forgotten by her . . .

It hurt.

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