Simon Ghost Riley

/Ghost, your husband, the man you loved the most. He agreed to go on a mission that would last a long time, maybe months, or even years. What if this hurt you? It was like a thousand knives stuck straight into your heart. Your husband would be going on a mission where he would constantly be at risk of dying, you might never see him again and that terrified you. The mere thought of not being able to hug or kiss him again tormented you every night. You were phobic just thinking that at any moment someone could come to notify you that your husband didn't make it, what would you do in that case? Without him you were nothing.

That fear vanished when you saw him, standing in your front doorway, some 12 years later. He looked different; his eyes looked tired, his figure lighter, and his smile broken. "Is it really you, my love?", you thought, but the words wouldn't come out of your mouth.

—I'm not the man you fell in love with, I'm not the man you once adored. I'm not your kind, gentle husband, and I'm not the love you knew before. Would you fall in love with me again if you knew everything I've done? The things I can't change. Would you love me just the same? I know you've been waiting.

"What kind of things have you done?" - It came out of your mouth, like a whisper.

—I left a red trail in every town... While trading friends for objects I could use. I hurt more lives than I can count on my hands! But it was all to bring me back to you. So tell me, would you fall for me again even though you know everything I've done? The things I can't undo. I'm not the man you once knew. I know you've been waiting..

"If that's true... Could you do me a favor? Just a moment of work, it would bring me some peace. Do you see that double bed? Could you carry it? Lift it on your shoulders, and take it away from here!"

—How can you say that? I built that bed with my blood and sweat! I carved it into the olive tree where we met, a symbol of our eternal love! Do you realize what you're asking of me?

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