Theo bought it. He didn't care about superstitions; he cared that the color matched the exact shade of Elena’s melancholy.

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So, the next time you listen to a song that breaks you gently, or watch a film that leaves you silent, don't say it blew your mind.

The first time Theo saw the dress, it wasn’t hanging in a boutique or displayed in a shop window. It was draped over the back of a chair in a dusty antique shop on the lower east side, a place that smelled of old paper and dry rot.