Hidden in a toolbox, in the rafters of his four-car garage, was an envelope full of pictures taken by a private detective...They were pictures of a scrawny, boyish looking nine year old with a wide mouth and a tangle of brown hair...Her eyes were oblong and deep set, their color hidden from the camera by the slant of the sun. The angles and planes of her face were oddly beautiful just then, in that moment, frozen on Kodak paper. A hint of the woman she would someday become.
Split in two,_ he sang, __oved by one, and then another. Pulled in a direction and then the other. If I could breathe you in, all of you, every day of my life, it wouldn__ be enough. My heart was captive long ago _ then you stole it away, you helped me grow. Now I__ staring at my crossroads with a choice to make, wondering how in the world I even thought there was one way to take._ His hands flew over the piano, muscles tightened in his forearms as he leaned forward and continued singing. __y biggest fear, is not the ending of this life, but going through it without you by my side._ He repeated the chorus and closed his eyes, humming the haunting melody in such a way that I felt hypnotized. __etting her go will be the hardest thing I__e ever had to do _ but I__ doing it so I can say goodbye to her _ and good morning to you. Tell me it__ not too late to ask for a second._ He smirked but continued singing. __hird, fourth, tenth date._ His hands slowed. __oving you will always be easy because when I look into your eyes I know you see the real me, so be my love, be my rain, be my clouds, be my pain._ __y biggest fear, is not the ending of this life, but going through it without you by my side._ He stopped playing. The room fell silent.
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Split in two,_ he sang, __oved by one, and then another. Pulled in a direction and then the other. If I could breathe you in, all of you, every day of my life, it wouldn__ be enough. My heart was captive long ago _ then you stole it away, you helped me grow. Now I__ staring at my crossroads with a choice to make, wondering how in the world I even thought there was one way to take._ His hands flew over the piano, muscles tightened in his forearms as he leaned forward and continued singing. __y biggest fear, is not the ending of this life, but going through it without you by my side._ He repeated the chorus and closed his eyes, humming the haunting melody in such a way that I felt hypnotized. __etting her go will be the hardest thing I__e ever had to do _ but I__ doing it so I can say goodbye to her _ and good morning to you. Tell me it__ not too late to ask for a second._ He smirked but continued singing. __hird, fourth, tenth date._ His hands slowed. __oving you will always be easy because when I look into your eyes I know you see the real me, so be my love, be my rain, be my clouds, be my pain._ __y biggest fear, is not the ending of this life, but going through it without you by my side._ He stopped playing. The room fell silent.
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