(prompt: 'confusion' 31 July 2020)

"Are you sure?" Swinging his head from side to side, peering around as if the solution would appear in neon lights somewhere; physical proof of the unbelievable, he frowned his confusion in no uncertain manner, rubbing his bristly chin all the while.

"It's just not possible," he gasped, taking the deepest ever inward breath; letting it out in the saddest sigh imaginable. His gaze clouded, eyes seeking answers in his shadowy reflection. A slackness dragged his lips down; eyes were dulled... We shared the pain, the shock, the disappointment.

Wattpad had closed one of its mighty doors to us all.

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