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"Axel…" Ally went to speak, but I looked up at her and said, "I don’t even knohat it was like when she passed I’ve never been able to ask Austin about it I don’t kno she looked, what tiive ive myself"

All the color drained frohtened around me Then she opened her mouth and confessed quietly, "I was there, Axel…"

Still trying to stophands pressed on my cheeks and she explained, "Baby, I was there when your mamma died… I saw her… I was in the room as she took her last breath"

Confusion made me freeze Ally’s face broke into soft cries "I’ve wanted to tell you for so long that I ith Austin and Levi when your mamma passed We were all at the hospital for Lexi when she relapsed and yourhisaway He couldn’t cope, so we all stayed to support him and Levi"

All I could do was stare at Ally as she spoke

Fresh tears filled her eyes "You could never talk about her and I was afraid if I mentioned it, it would chase you away But I was there, querido I was there when she passed"

Unsure how to react to what she was saying, I asked, "Was it peaceful? Was she in pain? I can’t bear the thought of her fighting death, desperately trying to live"

Ally’s lips pursed as she fought not to break down further Then she added, "Yourpeacefully and then she just drifted away… it was painless, Axel She looked like she was sleeping… she looked beautiful… like an angel…"

The i face filled my mind, and unable to hold it back, I collapsed into Ally’s lap, shedding five years of pent up grief I cried untilThe whole ti backwater beside one it’s iuilt

Ally’s cheek pressed on oodbye for now"

My lungs paused in breathing and I raised ht into her dark eyes "Do you really believe that? That this isn’t the end?"

Ally stroked back my hair "With every part ofI stayed wrapped in her arhter And as I looked into Ally’s loving eyes, my hands on her perfect face, I knew o perché tu possa trovare la tua luce, ht, h my scratched and raw throat Ally’s face softened in adoration The next words I spoke caht "Ti amo, carina… I love you so daed in a shocked breath, and as her bottom lip quivered, she leaned down to kiss my dry lips and murmured in reply, "I love you too, Axel So so much You’re all of my heart"

Fuck She lovedexhausted, I laid ht up at her face

As I watched her happily stroke ht overrong, asked, "What is it, baby?"

Shakingthat came to ed

I glanced over to the el ofconfused, she entertained s happen that seem so planned out by an outside force that what happens can’t be simply coincidence" Her head tilted to the side "Why do you ask, baby?"

Clearingit, I decided to tell her any way "My ht, the thing to change me, to save est as that I would find my way"