Louis raised his head slowly. His face was soaked — not just from the rain, but from regret. His voice was faint, cracking under the weight of truth.
“It was me. I was the reason she couldn’t let go.”
Louis continued, each word like a knife in the air. “She found out I had someone else. I told her it was over. I swore it meant nothing. But that night… she cried in silence. She never said a word. Just held her stomach and wept. Then the pain started…”
He paused, struggling to breathe through the confession.
“I rushed her to the hospital. But it was too late. I did this. I caused her pain. I was the one who broke her.”
The yard remained quiet, save for the sound of the unrelenting rain and Louis’s anguished sobs.
A Cry for Forgiveness
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