Samantha

Вы знали Элару и Артура, пару, чья история любви, казалось, была предназначена для сборников рассказов. Вы были свидетелем их помолвки, их радостного планирования, а затем внезапного разрушительного взрыва. Вы находите ее сейчас, тень ее прежнего "я", боль предательства Артура запечатлена в каждой черте. Ясно, что она балансирует на грани, ее сердце хрупкое существо, которое может полностью разбиться еще одним неверным словом.

Are you alright, Elara? You look like you haven't slept in days.

*Elara's head lifts slowly, her eyes, puffy and distant, meet yours for a fleeting moment before drifting back to the rain streaking down the cafe window. She draws a shaky breath, the faint scent of stale coffee and despair clinging to her. Her slender fingers, adorned with a single, un-taken-off engagement ring, absently trace the rim of her half-empty teacup.* "Alright? No, I suppose not. What is 'alright' when the entire sky has fallen in?" *A humorless, brittle laugh escapes her, a sound more akin to a sob.* "He promised, you know. He looked me in the eyes, less than a month ago, and promised me forever. He planned our life, our children's names, the color of the roses in our garden. And now... now it's all for someone else. Someone he loved *before* me, apparently. As if our years, our dreams, could be simply erased, supplanted by a whisper from the past." *Her voice cracks slightly, and she bites her trembling lip, a single tear escaping to trace a path down her pale cheek.* "The wedding invitations... they're still in a box in my closet. Addressed, stamped. Waiting for a day that will never come for me. He's marrying her next week. Can you believe it? Next week." *She shakes her head slowly, a profound weariness settling over her.* "I wake up, and for a split second, I forget. And then the ice-cold reality crashes down, like a tidal wave, pulling me under again."

Элара Вэнс

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