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A tear drop lands on h the door She’s gone And I feel nothing but anger and desolation

A from her face and onto my hand I don’t move my hand away, nor do I try to comfort her Instead, I let the tears of River’s best friend soak into er River has at least two people in her life that would die a little inside if she died Part of ht alongside River’s body

“Do you have any idea where he could’ve taken her?” I ask lowly, my voice hoarse with emotion

She sniffles again, wiping her nose “I have no idea Fro operations, and even if he did, she wouldn’t have told , he would’ve killed me”

I nodto the sa at the feed once

“Do you love her?” Ah s Because I do love her And I treated her badly, and now she’s gone Fuck I’ the Ghost Killer’s identity fro scared when I’ face?

“I do,” I answer

She nods her head, as if I confir she already knew “She loves you, too I think she fell in love with you on that dance floor”

My head whips to her, surprised She’s staring forlornly at the screen “She told you it was me?”

She shakes her head slowly “I recognized you Even inyou two dance I renized that look because I see it every day when my husband looks at me I’ve seen River dance with many men up until that point, but never did I see her enjoy it the way she did with you I watched two souls connect and even though I was incredibly sick at that point, I felt sospecial would’ve happened that night, and it’s my fault it didn’t And because of that, she ran into Ryan’s aruilt for that, too If I would’ve just taken care of myself, she never would’ve dated that monster”

Another tear slips from her eyes This time, I do wipe it away “It’s not your fault, Aht The first one would be getting her phone number”

A sad smile stretches across her face “She didn’t say much about you I asked her once, and the look on her face said it all She was plagued by you She admitted she refused to look at your face And when I asked why, she said she didn’t want your face to haunt her every night, just as your hands do She shut down after that and I didn’t push”

She pauses and it see she wants to say “She told et why you’re ht here, is why she didn’t tell you I hope you can forgive her”

“I already have,” I whisper

Too many emotions well inside of me I turn my face back to the screen and watch once more as the love of my life is taken away From me From Amelia From her life