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“I won’t be able to become a… a nurse. I won’t get my license. I’ll be forced to come back here and live in Hope Bay, and I’m not sure that I can handle that.”

Fuck!

I didn’t want to be the one who took away Molly’s chance of becoming a nurse.

“Molly, this doesn’t make any sense.”

“Please. You have to believe me. I did this. Not anyone else. But I promise that I’m getting better. I’ll pay for any damage, just as long as what happened here can stay between the two of us.”

She was confusing me. I didn’t know why, but it felt as if she was already saying goodbye. I felt even worse than I had this morning at the wake. My heart wasn’t being torn into pieces, it was being shredded, before being set aflame.

My chest burned, my head ached and the sorrow flowing through my veins made my limbs feel like they weren’t my own.

“Good luck with your studies, Molly.” I turned on my heel and left.

That wasn’t part of the plan I’d had this morning, and it certainly didn’t help me become a man. Coward.

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