Paper Hearts

22

She raised her breath for one last time. The movement of her chest followed the anguish of her fiance, high at one and deeply crackling at other.

He should have not taken her to today's date or maybe he should've left the car with him when he went to get a bottle of water and the truck smashed in. Remembering how hard it was to find out his love in that tangled mess his conscience fought everyday following her death.