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"Did I even have a daughter? Or was she just someone sent to haunt me? An ethereal being that only I could see, with her knowing eyes and her constant stare. Every moment, she was waiting for me, like a grim reaper haunting her most beloved victim. Absolute truth surrounded her and I couldn't bare to face her. Her eyes were always there, watching my every move. I was obligated to love the very thing that was slowly suffocating me, slowly ending my life. Who could love something like that?"

Those final words lingered in the air as her frail hands closed the book that I had come to loathe. She flipped it over and traced the outline of my face on the back of it. She drummed her fingers to the sound of the heart monitor to my right. I knew she wanted me to say something, but I still couldn't, even after all those years.

A few moments passed and she looked me in the eyes. There it was. The haunting that had wreaked havoc on my fucked up life. A solitary tear welled in her left eye and streaked down her perfect face. Words stumbled in my throat as I tried to make sense of them. But before I could sputter any mess of emotion, she was halfway out the door. Her scent traveled around the room and I took one final look at the book of lies that she had left. My final breath stopped me before I could finally say, "I love you forever."