Chapter 10
Chapter 10
The house stayed shut for days.
Sunlight streamed in through the windows, catching the floating dust like tiny ghosts.
Elowen still clung to the fantasy that her life could somehow be “happy.”
She kept showing up with flowers.
Every time, Cassian turned her away.
Even when he opened the door, it was just to yell at her and slam it in her face.
They were finally equals–two people equally lost.
Time passed, and the house turned to chaos–no more neat lines, no more polished floors.
In his mind, I was still sitting by the couch, talking with him about baby names.
The windows were decorated with colorful stickers–not for any holiday.
Just because I liked them.
And I thought our baby would like them too.
The half–assembled crib still sat in the bedroom.
We’d tried following the manual but barely made it halfway.
But that was okay.
It was clumsy, but kind of sweet.
Just like every new parent’s first attempt at building a future.
Then came a knock–loud, offbeat.
Cassian threw open the door, already fuming-
Only to find a paperboy standing there.
“Uh, is this Miss Seraphina’s place?”
Cassian took a step forward, blocking the entrance.
“What’s this about?”
“Oh! She said she’s going abroad, so she won’t be needing the magazine deliveries anymore.”
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“But she still had money left on her account, so here’s this month’s issue.”
“She asked me to drop it off.”
Cassian grabbed the boy’s shoulder.
“She said she went abroad?”
“Yeah! She was real happy that day–said she’d bring us back souvenirs.”
“You didn’t know?”
Cassian’s eyes went wide.
He called everyone who’d ever known me.
And finally, he found out where I’d gone.
But so what?
It was just a desperate man chasing a ghost.
He jumped on the next flight out, just like the day I left.
Fidgeting, sweating, panicked–like a man running toward a door that was already closing.
When I finally opened the door, and we locked eyes-
The sight before him was a blow straight to the chest.
I wasn’t alone anymore.
But I also didn’t have any baggage left behind.
I’d already promised forever to someone new–a kind, foreign gentleman.
But we smiled at him politely, chatting casually at the doorway.
That stung more than any insult.
Because I had truly moved on.
No bitterness. No lingering love.
Nothing he did–no pain, no regret–mattered anymore.
He turned away like a dog doused in cold water.
And I was the one who shut that door–for good.
Cassian flew back to the States alone.
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Back to that empty, ice–cold house.
A few wilting bouquets still sat at his doorstep.
Before he could even get inside, the phone rang, loud and grating.
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