Gesture

Flash Fiction

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She kept crying and I couldn’t do anything to make her feel better. A loss was a terrible thing to go through. Losing someone dear to me, Oh god, I couldn’t even imagine such a tragedy. And here she was experiencing the trauma of losing her beloved.

I stood beside her trying to figure out the words which could console her a bit. Her sobs pained me. I moved closer to her and put my hand on her…