[Past Life]
Inside the dimly lit room, Daniel sat motionless on the cold floor, a single sheet of paper trembling in his hands. The report, the one confirming Anna's pregnancy stared back at him like a cruel ghost.
His eyes were red, swollen, and empty. The tears had long dried, but the hollowness in his chest only grew heavier, as if grief had carved a permanent void inside him.
She had been pregnant. She had been carrying his child.
And yet he never knew.
The thought alone sliced through him like a thousand blades. His breath came out in shallow gasps, and his trembling fingers tightened around the report until it crumpled beneath his grip.
Only if he hadn't been a coward.
Only if he hadn't turned away from her every time she tried to reach him.
Only if he had realized sooner how deeply he loved her.
Then maybe just maybe she would still be here.
