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A Dark Alley and a Bad Idea
Eight
I couldn't stand looking at her eyes, because all I ever saw was regret and pain and hatred. And it was all because of me.
She couldn't stand looking at me either because she saw the same thing I did.
"It's the only choice we have," she whispered but I knew she was just trying to convince herself.
"Yeah," I mumbled.
It didn't matter what I thought, it never had.
"We'll come back from it," she told me taking my hand but I still couldn't look at her.
"It'll be as if it never happened."
"Pete don't"
"Don't what Myla?" I spat back this time unable to hold back.
"Don't say things like that"
"Well it's true having an abortion is just like it never happened." I told her angrily and walked off.
She couldn't stand looking at me either because she saw the same thing I did.
"It's the only choice we have," she whispered but I knew she was just trying to convince herself.
"Yeah," I mumbled.
It didn't matter what I thought, it never had.
"We'll come back from it," she told me taking my hand but I still couldn't look at her.
"It'll be as if it never happened."
"Pete don't"
"Don't what Myla?" I spat back this time unable to hold back.
"Don't say things like that"
"Well it's true having an abortion is just like it never happened." I told her angrily and walked off.