Forsaken

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“I don’t know if I can do this, my love.” Looking at her, he tried to muster the same strength within himself he saw shining in her wise, beautiful eyes. She was so strong, so poised. Only someone who’d spent a lifetime with her would see the depth of her pain within the slight lines framing her eyes.

“It is for the best – this is the only way,” she whispered, as she lowered the large basket onto the porch. Then louder with a resolve coming from deep within, “It shall come to pass.”

She took a small step back from the front door of the town police station with what seemed to be a great deal of effort. Her eyes closed and her head bent forward as a single tear escaped and rolled down her cheek.

He watched as the night air swirled around, and then through her hair, lifting it from her shoulders as if to caress her sadness away. With the silver moon high in the clear sky, the rest of the town was fast asleep. The 2:00 hour was approaching fast and even the stars seemed to shine with urgency. Time was almost up.

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