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Shaun
I watched two little girls playing, watching one in particular. She reminded me painfully of Serena. The little girl pulled her friend to her feet and ran towards a woman that I recognized.
It was her. At first I was sure I was halluncinating.
Her dark hair was a little longer than I had seen it last. She was wearing a black pencil skirt and a deep blue blouse. She looked happy as the girl ran up to her.
She hugged the little girl. Their hair was the same colour.
I watched numbly as Serena looked at the child with unfathomable love as she told her something.
Serena looked up at me, pain and shock evident on her face.
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Shaun
I'd pretended not to know anything. I tried to get over her, but I couldn't. It was too painful. It was too difficult.
I still blamed myself. I always would.
I did like she asked, I finished college. I moved to New York after graduation to begin my career as a child psychologist. I'd graduated early. Worked harder than was necessary. Ignored everything not school-related. Had a successful job interview. Accepted into a private practice.
I was miserable.
I still had to keep living; I knew I had to. I was twenty three when I moved there.
Twenty three when I decided to watch small children play in a park in the hope of learning something new.
She never failed to surprise me. Not ever.
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Serena
Nine hours.
I was exhausted after it.
Rion came into the hospital room. He took my hand, and told me softly that I had a little girl.
"Rion, there is no way I will ever be able to tell you just how thankful I am that I have you," I sighed, before I drifted into a deep black mist.
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I held my little girl close to me. I was filled with an indescribable love for this small creature, who I had worked so hard to bring here. Who I already loved.
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Around a year after that, I became a guardian ad litem. You didn't need to have a law degree to be one, just have a moral conscience and a heart. I loved what I did.
I was on hand to make decisions that would best benefit the person I was representing. Law related. What was in their interests.
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