Chapter 6
Hospitals always smelled like disinfectant.
In a place where people lived and died every day, nothing really felt permanggt.
Cassian stood there, sympathy creeping into his heart.
Elowen looked so fragile, like she was fading.
She couldn’t see a thing, but she felt it-
Something inside her was slipping away.
She opened her eyes slowly.
The yellowed ceiling above her stared back, cold and silent.
“Cassian!”
Thank God, he was still there.
The hands that held her hadn’t let go yet.
This was what she fought for-
And now that she had it, it scared her.
Tears shimmered in her eyes.
“If you weren’t here, Cassian…
Would they have just left me on the street?”
She gripped his hand tighter.
“I’m scared.
I’m scared I’ll wake up and you’ll be gone.
I’m scared this pain will never end and I’ll have to carry it alone.”
Her voice started to blur in his ears.
“Don’t leave me…”
A pause.、
Her voice was softer now, almost fading.
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“Just… stay like you always did. Please?”
But this time, he didn’t answer.
“Cassian?”
He blinked, pulled back to the present.
“I’m sorry, Elowen.
I need to go now.
I’ll come back, I promise.”
He stepped out of the room.
Behind him, her voice kept calling his name-
Over and over again.
Maybe…
Maybe Seraphina once called for him like that, too.
Only she would’ve done it in silence.
She would’ve never let anyone see her broken.
Cassian raced back to the county office.
He scanned the crowd with desperate eyes.
But she was gone.
People stood in pairs–smiling, crying, holding hands.
Only Cassian stood alone, lost in the crowd.
If the sea of people had a sound,
His ears would be filled with nothing but sighs.
Where I go, no one else gets to decide.
The old me–the one who hesitated, who begged-
She deserved to be locked away as a warning.
I won’t live under someone else’s thumb ever again.
Freedom or nothing.
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My baby’s gone now.
There’s nothing left holding me back.
When I got home, everything looked the same.
But the memories felt heavier than ever.
Like a mountain pressing down on my chest.
All those tears and whispered regrets were still chasing me.
I splashed cold water on my face.
The fog started to clear.
This place held too much pain.
Time to go.
I grabbed my suitcase and started packing.
If I had time to cry, I had time to see the world.
The Tower of London.
The cathedrals Monet painted.
Everything I dreamed about as a kid.
Anything was better than sitting here drowning in old wounds.
I’d leave behind everything that still haunted me.
Once I saw the world, all of this-
It’d just be a blur in the rearview mirror.
At the door, I turned back for one last look.
The couch.
The chairs.
The table where we used to sit.
And I finally felt it.
Relief.
“Goodbye,” I whispered.
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“To everything that used to be.”
“Don’t wait up.”
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