napped me out

Nana wasn't faking. A fra

aze turned even colder, and after

elieve Chloe is using her own g

pped with ven

tentatively, "Mr. Hayes, is this the sam

, and a heavy sile

him, my ghost

my name in

thin me. But Liam didn't answer her. Instead, he turned and

States in three years, Liam. A lot has

ndedly, "I was back b

year

e time I accide

memb

ell him that I had finally divorced Sebastian. I foolishly believed

ebastian had utt

from Liam, combined with Sebastian's su

ldn't eat, and wasted away until

doctors, but I was just merely exi

as to see Liam

with me. But as he buried his face in my n

someone else. Chloe, I'm tire

possessive of me had grown bored o

iam had once made: that we would be

, Sebastian mocked me,

r. It rang for what felt like an eternity. My palms were swea

ven form on my face, his i

o congratulate me? I'm ge

ber how I hun

ay of blurrin

solate beach, the wave

zing cold, until it

around that time, or maybe he

ere was nothin

mbulance sirens yanked

ously beside them, following them all the way to the ER. Throughout

, Nana finally

ense relief w

ly. "Ella is waiting for me." She tri

voice as soft as a whisper. "Yo

ear. My pleas went

out of it, but her dementia had taken hold, and she was stubb

d, she went straight to my old house, the one

seless." She sat on the edge of t

s that why you never

ana, I'm

to hug her, but gras

rd she could barely stand. Yet, leaning against the wal

ay of comfor

far away, and that I'd be back any minute. She would set a

roned them, and placed t

he changed her cloth

f Moon Bay. My ashes had been sca

ng my favorite boba tea and pastries. She wo

m today. He's all grown up now, a big shot in high society. He doesn

getting cold, and you need to rest

nce again. I stood by her side, screaming in terror. T

ed back to t