50. I've missed you

The bartender returned with their order, but instead of Lloyd, the person who drank both of them was Anna. With her emotions all over the place now, she needed the drinks more than he did, and he let her have it all.

"That would be all," he said, dismissing the bartender who looked as

"Not a single day had gone by when I didn't think of you and our child, Lloyd. I missed you, and all I wanted was to see you, but I was weak, powerless, and pathetic. Not only could I not protect mine, but I couldn't even find a way back to them," Anna didn't know when her tear gland burst, but they flowed like a stream.

She didn't even realize it until they dropped on the back of her clenched fist, but even after that realization, she could not stop the tears. She didn't want to cry, not like this. Not that she was afraid or ashamed to cry in front of him, but because she thought she had cried enough, but apparently, she was wrong.