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IT WAS WRONG, I KNOW
<p>It was wrong, I know. </p><p>An abomination, if you would have it. It really never should have happened.</p><p>But how can I be blamed? The heart wants what it wants.</p><p>I was twenty-five when he was born. And despite being that much younger than me, nothing about him felt immature.</p><p>The bass in his voice reverberated through me whenever he spoke, resurrecting things I thought had died inside me decades ago.</p><p>He traced the wrinkles on my body as if charting a map to my heart.</p><p>When he held my aging, weathered frame with such deliberate care, I felt treasured.</p><p>How could something so wrong feel so right?</p><p><br/></p><p>It was wrong, I know. </p><p>I never should have invited him into my bed that night.</p><p>But it was the day I was born, I wanted to feel special. And he made me feel special.</p><p>Yet, what is not meant to be will never last, you know? No matter how hard you hold on.</p><p>My husband came home early from work that night. He had lied; he said he wouldn't be back until the next morning.</p><p>He fought.</p><p>He fought hard to save his life.</p><p>But my husband fought even harder to end it.</p><p>And he did.</p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">My husband may have gone to prison for killing him, but I know I am the one who truly took his life.</span></p><p><br/></p><p>I am older now, and my time on this earth is growing short.</p><p>I know I am going to hell, but I really cannot wait to see my son again.</p>
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