𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒.
Somewhere far, far away from home. Not what it was. Not a normal afternoon with nothing to do.
And still we fight.
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"Guilt is a woman and she's walking on her knees. Grief is a woman too, but all she does is sleep."
- Amrita Chakraborty
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"It isn't your fault."
It's so easy to say. Four words that Ellie-Marie hears on a practically daily basis, from either her therapist or the mantras she's forced to repeat in the mirror. They don't mean anything anymore. Not now.
She feels vacant as the world seems to bustle around her, paramedics and officers swarming the area. Mom and Dad are talking by someone's car. Buffy is weeping. Mindy is shaking.
She's vacant.
Tara isn't taking her silence for an acceptable answer. The only thing Ellie can feel is two gentle hands cupping her cheeks, turning her head until they're face to face. Against herself and all her hurt Ellie lets out a sigh of relief, finding comfort in the face she's come to love so much.
"Ellie," Tara says, voice firm. "It's not your fault."
She wishes that were true.
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