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But here’s what they didn’t understand:
To him, she wasn’t “a case.”
She wasn’t “a situation.”
She wasn’t “a burden.”
She was still her.
The woman he loved.
The woman who laughed at his bad jokes.
The woman who held his hand when he doubted himself.
The woman who chose him.
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So he made a decision.
One that would change the course of his entire life.
He stayed.
