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Like Letters Written in the Sand (Part Two)
Anna-leis let herself melt into Clarence’s arms, as he held her, the tears flowing freely, she had been spending too long, not letting herself grieve, and it was catching up to her. But Clarence was there, by her side, as he had been for the last month, and the doctors said in just a couple of days, she’d be going home, continuing physical therapy as an outpatient, honestly she wasn’t sure she was ready for this. She had to worry about things like accessibility now, she’d ben needing the wheelchair, until her prosthetics came in, and then she would have to learn to walk with them. It was all going to take time, and it frustrated her.
“I don’t know how I am going to do this.” Anna-leis said, looking at Clarence, with a mixture of pain and love in her eyes. She could no longer deny her feelings for Clarence even to herself.
“I’ll tell you how you are not going to have to do this, you aren’t going to have to do this alone.” Clarence said.
“I know and I’m grateful, but there are things I have to figure out on my own. My career is over, I have to figure out what I’m going to do.”
“You’re still working on that true crime book, you’re other two were successful, and you’re good, you could pursue that.”
