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“Oh,God.” She laughed, covering her face with her free hand.

“Yeah, go ahead and practice saying that,” I told her, making her laugh harder.

’Cause I couldn’t fucking help it.

All I wanted was that smile.

“Listen,” I said, grabbing her under the chin to lift her head. “It’ll happen.”

She sniffled as I wiped her face dry of the few tears that had escaped her attempts to fight them. “What makes you so sure?”

“Like you said.” I nodded. “It’s inevitable.”

Destruction always was.