t-wild, furious, as if the sky it

rced her to wear earlier now lay discarded on the bed. She wore Kenan's old jacket instead-the fain

ne. One message from Kenan

use. Let's leave tonigh

it hurt to breathe. Her small hands trembled as she

lashing onto th

e whispered weak

nd of a car stoppi

urried throu

"Al

e one that could always c

d, then slowly wal

ready standing there, arms crosse

our foolish lover,

t you have to

red as she looked

don't make me do th

your father

d, picking u

the hospita

ysa cried, her

embled, her face s

.. I'll

widened in crue

the last time he ever

-

a rush of cold wind and th

in a thin raincoat, his face

He ran up,

e money we saved, bus tickets

orway, silent, her hea

ped her han

d anyone's permission. I promise I'll

s away, rain and tears

top,

"Wh

alking lik

bled, but her w

t to live poor with you for

an f

. what are

ove!" Alysa's eyes burn

no future! I'm tired of liv

d back, his face pale, as if her words ha

you don't

ean eve

o keep her voic

love with a failure. I want a r

his head slowly, rain

. Alysa, this isn't y

g everyone else

uy a better life! So please, just leave bef

, drowning out the sou

searching her eyes for even a hint of t

ness. Emptiness. A wound

ly what you want..

nd-the one that ha

't forc

Her eyes burned, her te

p hard, forcing

voice was bar

ant to see

ed at her o

rmth in his eyes dimmed-like a ca

ach step he took carved deeper into Alysa's ches

y vanished into the dar

d to her knees

Kena

mixing with the rain

... I had n

st, trying to hold ba

etely-but its coldness was nothing compar

watched through the window,

ct," she

ng will go acc

-

h the storm, the rain striking

ween anger, heartb

he muttered

that. She couldn'

rds echoed mercil

of living p

of the empty road, looking

ou want, Alysa..." his voi

erase you fr