I was rich, so I decided to test the love of my girlfriend, who barely had money to support herself

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Why did you leave without saying anything? I asked with the voice extinguished.
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Sofia rubbed her tired palms.
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“Because I knew you wouldn’t have left me.
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Then he smiled sadly.
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Because I needed to fix it quickly. I went to Brasov, I talked to a real estate agent, I found the buyer, I prepared the documents and I tried to get a loan.
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But why did you tell me not to call you?
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“Because I didn’t want to give you hope until I was sure I could do something. And, frankly, Andrei, I didn’t know how to tell you that I might not succeed.
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The look came down.
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“I was afraid of dying.
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Those words hit me harder than any slap.
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I was afraid of dying.
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I spent five days convinced that he had abandoned me because I had no money left.
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She had spent the same five days trying to sell her memories to buy me a chance at life.
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I sat next to her.
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