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The clink of her spoon in the coffee mug was the loudest thing in that whole damn diner.
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Neon lights buzzing over cracked vinyl booths. Smell of grease and burnt toast in the air. Old-school R&B humming low from the jukebox near the back.
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It should’ve felt like nothing.
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But she was sitting across from me, hoodie thrown over her head, eyes still red from crying at that grave. And this? This felt like everything.
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“I didn’t expect to see you there,” she said softly, fingers toying with her napkin.
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I sipped my coffee, too bitter to enjoy, but I didn’t flinch. “Didn’t expect to be there either. Just… felt like I should go.”
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Amina nodded slowly, eyes on the table. “I go a lot. Sometimes I yell. Sometimes I don’t say anything at all. Today was… one of the yelling days.”
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I let the silence stretch. Let her have the space.
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Then she said it—out of nowhere. Quiet, but it hit loud.
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“I still love him.”
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Her voice didn’t crack. Didn’t shake.
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It was the kind of truth that had already broken her, and now it just lived in her like a ghost.
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Even after all the lies.
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Even after what he did.
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Even after she found out he was cheating while she carried his child.
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“I still love Davon,” she repeated, eyes now locked on mine like she dared me to flinch. “He betrayed me in a way I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. But… I didn’t stop loving him. And I hate that. I hate that so much.”
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I didn’t move.
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Didn’t breathe for a second.
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Because for a split moment, the plan, the lies, Keisha, all that revenge talk with Ice—it went quiet in my head.
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All I could see was a woman telling the truth with nothing to gain.
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“I think love’s like smoke,” I said, voice low. “You can open all the windows, but some of it still lingers in your clothes.”
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She looked at me. Blinking slow. Like I surprised her.
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“I didn’t come here expecting you to fix it,” she said. “I just… didn’t wanna cry alone again.”
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I nodded. “You don’t have to.”
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And for the first time, it wasn’t a setup. It wasn’t strategy.
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It was real.
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At least… it was starting to be.
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The night was heavy. Cold, but heavy.
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I kept thinking about Amina, about the way she broke down at that graveyard—how she carried that pain around like a shadow.
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After we ate that diner meal, her words stuck in my head: She still loved him, despite everything.
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I knew she was drowning in loss, and maybe I was too, in my own way.
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So when I got home, I couldn’t stop thinking about her.
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I found a florist that delivered, picked out something simple—white lilies mixed with some soft baby’s breath.
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Not too flashy. Just honest.
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I wrote the note with hands that didn’t wanna steady:
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“For you, Mina. No games. Just someone who sees your pain and wants you to know you’re not alone.”
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I sent it without thinking twice.
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Hope she got it.
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Hope she knew I meant it.
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