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How could you possibly say that I’m not in love with you? Look at all I’ve done simply for the sake of your happiness. I’ve stood on the sidelines as you chose others to love, Pretending my love for you had faded So our friendship could prevail once again. Locked in the darkness of my own madness, I’m alone where you left me. Tattered and bruised to the bone, Pieces of my heart still scattered on the floor. Though every waking moment you are by my side, I force a smile most splendid So that you won’t see the suffering you have inflicted. For your sake alone, I harbor such agony, Longing for a man wh

Silence filled the room, the deafening calm reverberating off the four walls surrounding Rose and myself. A feeling of peace washed over me as I glanced around the area. While watching Rose hang lace curtains over the window, I was reminded of the old days; the days when we lived in America, when mom and dad were alive and we were all sincerely happy. "Jasmine, are you alright?" Rose eyed me with worry illuminating her sapphire eyes.   "I'm fine." I fibbed, forcing myself to smile. "Are you sure?" Rose pried so obviously seeing through my lie. "I was just remembering how things were before mom and dad died." I shrugged; Rose frowned.

I sat quietly curled up in a massive chair in the family library, reading a romance novel. For a moment, my eyes wandered away from crisp pages of the novel I held in hand. I stared out the window, distracted by the beautiful spring weather that lay outside the mansion walls. "Miss Aubrey," a gentle voice called out shaking me back to my life inside the mansion. "Yes, Pricilla?" I answered, eyeing my personal maid. She stood before me in her black halter dress and white apron, her long strawberry blonde hair gathered together in an elegant side braid. Clutched in her boney hands was a silver tray with a single envelope placed in the middle,