"What is this feeling, this ache that won’t let go? Could it be love, or just the ghost of something I’ve never known?"
If anyone asked why he was here, in a county far from his own, he wouldn’t be able to say. It was a question that gnawed at him, one he couldn’t bring himself to answer. He told himself it was mere curiosity, nothing more. But even he knew that wasn’t the real reason. It was something deeper, something he didn’t dare explore.
He downed the drink in one gulp, his eyes lingering on the empty glass before sweeping lazily across the room.
Her eyes. Her eyes were one of the reasons he couldn’t let her go. The look in them, the raw emotion, it was so close, so familiar to the ones his mother had worn. He shut his eyes, trying to block out the memory, but it only grew stronge
