YOU LOST

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"She doesn't know who I am."

"Aaron, please-"

"No, don't 'please' me! She doesn't recognize me!"

I let out a low groan, my head in my hands. I cannot listen to Chloe comfort anymore, reason with me and herself. I want to scream. I want to punch.

Her hand is on my shoulder. Before, she'd rather touch a snake.

Chloe's finally silent, and I almost wish she'd start talking again, to squash this silence, to squash this moment.

"It's over," I whisper. I crane my neck to the sky, squeezing my eyes shut.

"It's all over."


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