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Grief is its own vast sea,” Oke says in the darkness of the cottage....😪

Sorrow is the gift you give what cannot be or is not anymore. It is a gift to the past. Anger is the gift you give the future, a sacrifice offered to unrelenting gods in hopes they’ll choke upon it and you can rebuild the world as you like it from their bones.”

I look at him sidelong. “How long have you been waiting to share that thought with someone?”

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He’s beautiful, if I am allowed to admit it.🤪

What's going on?😵

“I was made for this day when I remove my crown and wed a stranger only one dawn after I buried the husband I loved?”💔🥲

I know the truth: I must set my husband to rest before I meet the next man I'll marry. 🥲😢

“Worry about what?” I am long past worry. I can’t even see it on my horizon anymore. What is left to worry about? The worst has happened, and it can’t be taken back.💔🥲

One more glance over my shoulder. I’ve lost sight of Lieve in a wall of blowing water. I try to tell myself I’ll see him again, but my inner voice is a liar.🥲

I married my childhood friend Lieve, a man of smiles and teasing jokes who filled our short marriage with laughter.💔