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Zeke Shows Sympathy!?

“Ok, If you don’t want to talk about it I’ll just leave it alone”, Zeke said with sympathy in his voice.

What!?

“Ok, what happened to the old Zeke”, I joke. I have a weird way of doing that in a moment of weakness.
“Nothing, he is right here. You just seem like you went through a lot.”
“It was a long time ago and I am much stronger.”
“But you walked in on him sleeping with another girl. That would be hard for anyone.”
“I said I didn’t want to talk about it!” I yell at him and my anger causes a shockwave of power through the forest that echoes.
“Wow, he really did hurt you a lot didn’t he?”

Zeke comes close to me and looks me in the eyes. What are you thinking about Zeke? I search and find only these words If she only knew.

“Knew what?”

He blinks fast like he is snapping out of it and turns away.

“Nothing, I think I will go start a fire”, he says quietly.

Huh? This is so unlike him.

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