Mac & Stella

“Mac, why don’t you just take a quick nap?” I hear for the...twenty eighth time? Yes, twenty eighth. I feel a smile grow and hear a frustrated sigh from behind me. “Mac! Are you listening?!”
“Stella, I can hear you fine.” I respond warmly. “And for the twenty eighth time, I just need to finish this.”
“That’s what you told me twenty minutes ago. If I didn’t know any better I’d say you were avoiding me.” She says with a radiant smile. I turn to her and she raises an eyebrow. “Well, detective? Are you going to come peacefully, or must I take you by force?”
“It wouldn’t...

Here goes......
Every time i tried to tell her how i felt, something would interrupted me and it'll be left unspoken, now she'll never get to hear the three words I'd longed to say. That night was the worst night of my life, I'll never forget it. I only popped round to see how she was because she wasn't her usual self at work today. If only i arrived a few hours earlier maybe she'll be alive, seeing her like that made me feel guilty as i wasn't there to protect her. She relied on me to protect her and i hadn't done my job and now my best friend and soul mate was gone. Gone, not knowing how i...