final

she looked

at him

and

understood

nothing.

she was

still

shocked.

why had

he said that?

it changed

everything.

out of the

blue,

out the

darkness,

out of his

lips, the

words

emerged.

she wanted

to yell,

shake him

by the

shoulders,

ask-

have you

lost your

MIND?

he had

crossed

a threshold,

a threshold

that never should

have been crossed.

it was the start

of the finale,

a final desparate

attempt to

bring it

all back.

she replayed

the words

in her mind

one last

time,

for some

sort

of

closure.

i love you.