"Ireliedcoldly,
"ifIaskedforaflowerthatgrewonacliff,andyouknewthatgettingitformemeantcertaindeath,wouldyoustillgetitforme?
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Hisfacegrewtroubled。
"CanIgiveyoutheanswertomorrowmorning?
"Withthat,myheartsank。IknewthatIcouldneverbehaywithamanwhocouldntevengivemeananswerstraightaway。
Thenextmorning,whenIwokeu,hewasmissing。Inthelivingroom,underawarmglassofmilk,wasanote。MyeyesgrewmistyasIreadit。
"Dear,Ihavemyanswer。Iwillnevericktheflowerforyouifitmeantcertaindeath。
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"Butbeforeyouleave,Ihoeyouwillgivemeachancetogiveyoumyreasons。
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"Youalwayssitinfrontofthecomuterandtyethewholeday。Butyoualwaysenduintearsbecauseyourformatgoesalloverthelace。Ineedmyfingerstodotheformattingforyou,sothatyourtearswillbecomesmiles。
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"Youliketotravelbutalwaysgetlost。Ineedmyeyestotakeyoutothenicestlacesonearth。Everytimeyouleavethehouse,youforgetyourkeys。Ineedmylegstorunhomeandoenthedoorforyou。
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"Youneverknowhowtotakecareofyourself。Ineedmyhandstohelyougetridoftheeskywhitehairyouhatesomuchwhenyougrowold,totrimyournailsandtofeedyou。
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"Soyousee,thatswhyIcannoticktheflowerforyou。UntilIfindsomeonewholovesyoumorethanIdo,Iwillneedmybodytotakecareofyou。
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"Ifyouaccetmyreasons,thenoenthedoorandIwillbewaitingwithyourfavoritemuffin。
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Withtearsstreamingfrommyeyes,Ioenedthedoor。Andtherehewas,withanextremelyworriedlookonhisface。Hestillhadnothingtosay;hejuststoodthere,wavingtheackethehadinhishandinfrontofme。
IknewthenthatIwouldneverfindanothermanwhowilllovemeasmuchasmyhusbanddoes。
Justbecausesomeonedoesnotloveyouthewayyouwanthimto,itdoesntmeanthathedoesnotloveyouwithallhehas。