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"I'm sorry," he said softly while he was extending his right hand, placing it on top of her resting clasped hands. She sat in her chair motionlessly since she was not expecting such a thing. The moment earlier, their riverside table seemed to be the only place that existed in her world. The blue and clear sky sent out its birds to hover over them, to dance and sing in a perfectly orchestrated melody. The harmonious tune of running water right next to them and the indistinct murmur of people, which kept fading away gradually as the man opposite her started talking did not compare to the loud sound of her beating heart that topped every other single sound. None of those things mattered when he shot his bullets directly into her chest. "I'm sorry, please forgive me, but I must leave." He caressed her hands softly, but still, she remained motionless. "We can never be together you and I... You see the way I am now will never allow us to live happily tog