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Bygone Sorrows

Short Story · Romance
By:  Tranquil PhoenixCompleted
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Familial Bond

Tragic Love

Melodramatic

Childhood Sweethearts

Bias

Mistress

Winning Back the Wife

Awakening

On the third meeting with his girlfriend’s parents, Sebastian Haynes, received another text from his childhood friend, Kylie Miller. “I’m sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Tucker. Something came up. I gotta leave now.” Melanie Tucker reached out and grabbed his arm, whispering, “Do you really have to leave right now? My parents spent so much time on dinner. At least eat something before you go.” He placed his phone in front of her. Kylie’s message was a short “It’s getting foggy.” “This is our code,” he said, his tone dead serious, as if Kylie would die if he didn’t show up at once. “Kylie struggles with severe depression. Whenever she’s on the edge, she sends this to me. I promised her that once she sends this line, no matter what I’m doing, I’ll drop everything and go to her. No exceptions.” “Can’t you go after dinner?” Melanie pleaded. “It’ll take two hours at most.” “Melanie, Kylie doesn’t send the code out of whim. It means she’s at her breaking point. I won’t be able to live with the regret if anything happens. I’m sorry.” He looked toward her parents. “Mr. and Mrs. Tucker, I’m so sorry, but I have to go. I’ll make it up to you another day.” He walked out without looking back even once. The front door slammed shut with a heavy bang, startling her parents. “Did something happen? Sebastian left in such a rush.” Melanie forced a faint smile as she stared at the untouched roast beef and dinner spread on the table. Over five years, Kylie had sent Sebastian that same “It’s getting foggy” message hundreds of times. Whenever they were out on movie dates and he got her text, he would leave halfway through. On New Year’s Eve, just as they were waiting for the firework show, he had abandoned her for Kylie’s sake. One time when Melanie was burning with a 104-degree fever, he had left her lying limply in bed and bolted into the night to find Kylie.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Because she loved Sebastian, Melanie had for years put up with it.

As it turned out, there were times Kylie was simply upset after being scolded by her boss over a minor mistake at work.

Other times, she just felt like crying after hearing a melancholy song.

Melanie had been jealous and had lost her temper before.

Yet Sebastian would always tell her with total gravity: “Melanie, Kylie and I have known each other for fifteen years. She’s just a very close friend, my best friend I’d say. She has depression and could hurt herself at any moment. Can’t you be a little more tolerant?”

But she had already been tolerant enough.

This time, she was truly exhausted.

“Mom, Dad, I’ll go check on him. You go ahead with dinner.”

A heavy shower had begun pouring outside. Melanie hadn’t brought an umbrella, and she didn’t feel like going back inside to grab one.

Braving the rain, she hailed a cab home, only to be greeted with a horrendous sight.

On the sofa, Sebastian was lying tangled in an embrace with Kylie.

His hand was lightly patting her back, lulling, affectionate.

The gesture was painfully reminiscent of the way Sebastian used to comfort her.

Her body was soaked through by the rain, and a bitter chill seeped through her heart, spreading aross her body to her every limb.

Melanie didn’t know how to describe what she was witnessing.

She finally understood that among the three of them, she was the outsider who could never squeeze her way in.

Since that was the case, it would be best for her to step back.

She didn’t know how much time had passed before Kylie noticed her, instantly wriggling out of Sebastian’s arms.

Dressed in Melanie’s pajamas, her voice sounded soft and laced with a hint of guilt.

“I’m so sorry, Melanie. I only just found out today was the day Sebastian was supposed to meet your parents. I’m sorry, I had another episode. I told Sebastian to go home, but he was worried about leaving me alone, so here we are.”

Melanie stood rooted to the spot, calmly asking, “Why are you wearing my pajamas? And what were you two doing just now?”

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19 Chapters
Chapter 1
Because she loved Sebastian, Melanie had for years put up with it.As it turned out, there were times Kylie was simply upset after being scolded by her boss over a minor mistake at work.Other times, she just felt like crying after hearing a melancholy song.Melanie had been jealous and had lost her temper before.Yet Sebastian would always tell her with total gravity: “Melanie, Kylie and I have known each other for fifteen years. She’s just a very close friend, my best friend I’d say. She has depression and could hurt herself at any moment. Can’t you be a little more tolerant?”But she had already been tolerant enough.This time, she was truly exhausted.“Mom, Dad, I’ll go check on him. You go ahead with dinner.”A heavy shower had begun pouring outside. Melanie hadn’t brought an umbrella, and she didn’t feel like going back inside to grab one.Braving the rain, she hailed a cab home, only to be greeted with a horrendous sight.On the sofa, Sebastian was lying tangled in an embrace wi
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Chapter 2
Kylie looked like she’d been wronged. “I got soaked in the rain... so...”“Come on, stop interrogating Kylie like she’s some kind of criminal.”Sebastian stepped forward and pulled Kylie behind him.“I just managed to calm her down. You have no idea—when I arrived at her place, she was crying her eyes out over a movie—”“Come again?”Melanie froze, a suffocating weight pressing down on her chest.“You left me and my parents and rushed all the way to her house because she was crying over a movie?”Sebastian paused. “Yes, but Melanie, you don’t understand...”“Right, I don’t understand.”Melanie nodded. “I don’t understand a single thing. You two are soulmates, best friends, nothing else! That explains why she’s in my pajamas embracing my boyfriend!”She whipped her head toward Kylie. “Have you ever thought it might make you look like a side chick?”The second the words left her mouth, tears welled up in Kylie’s eyes and spilled over.“Enough, stop! Melanie, why would you say something s
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Chapter 3
Hanging up the phone, Melanie walked through the rain out of the gated apartment zone. Because it was so remote, she tried to hail a cab, but none were available.Dragging her suitcase, she walked a long way down the road before finally flagging down a cab.Once she got in, the driver asked with concern, “It’s really late to be out by yourself. Aren’t you afraid of running into danger? Gotta be careful when you’re out alone.”The emotions she had been bottling up came bursting out at that moment.Melanie covered her face and sobbed uncontrollably. Five years of devotion, and she was nothing next to his childhood friend.“Where to, young lady?”For a moment, she didn’t even know where she could go.She couldn’t return to her parents’ place right now. It would only make them vexed with concern.She thought of her best friend. “To Parkside Residences.”“Alright.”When the cab arrived at the gate, Olivia Ross held an umbrella as she came out to meet Melanie.Seeing Melanie soaked to the bo
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Chapter 4
Sebastian fell silent.After a long while, he asked, “Can’t you name a different condition?”“We’re done.”She climbed out of bed, ready to leave.Olivia called after her, “Where are you going? You’re running a fever. You’re in no state to go out now.”“Where I go is none of your business. Olivia, starting today, we’re no longer friends.”“Melanie, please! I’m sorry, okay? Just give me some time. Once Kylie gets better, I’ll end things with her.”Hearing Sebastian mention ending things, Kylie instantly fell apart.“It’s my fault. I should just die! I’m sick, I shouldn’t be holding on to my pathetic life while ruining others’. Melanie, please, don’t break up with Sebastian. I’ll just kill myself, okay? Once I’m gone, all of you will be set free.”With that, she sprinted toward the balcony.“No! Kylie!”Sebastian frowned and bolted after her.Still, he was too slow. Kylie had thrown herself over the balcony.With a dull thud, she crashed onto the ground below, a pool of crimson blood spr
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Chapter 5
Her mother’s weeping sounded through the receiver, and Melanie sat bolt upright in bed. “Mom, what are you talking about? Who’s forcing Dad to give his blood?”“It’s Sebastian! After you left yesterday, I was worried about you two, so I went out after you. I called Sebastian, and he told your dad and me to meet him at the hospital. But the second we arrived, he started demanding blood from your dad to save some woman!“We want to help, we really do, but your dad’s no young man anymore. He really can’t do this!”Her heart shuddered violently as Melanie’s mind descended into a blank.Sebastian was forcing her father to give blood to Kylie?The man was out of his mind!Her father was sixty-two, well past the age for donating blood.On top of that, he was in poor health. Doctors had explicitly stated he could never donate blood under any circumstances.Without a second thought, Melanie immediately drove to the hospital.Still burning with a fever, she couldn’t care about anything else. She
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Chapter 6
Before she could even pull up the phone, Sebastian snatched it from her hands and slammed it violently onto the floor.With a shattering crunch, the phone split apart, its screen fading into darkness.Melanie froze. That phone had been a gift from Sebastian for their third anniversary.Engraved on the back in his own handwriting were the words: “From Sebastian, with love.”Yet just now, he had crushed it with his own hands.“Have you calmed down now?” Seeing her go completely still, Sebastian’s tone cooled. “I know your father is too old to give blood, but to save a life, I had no choice. Once Kylie recovers, I’ll compensate him handsomely. He can name any number.“As for the phone, I’ll buy you a new one. Haven’t you been wanting the latest model? I’ll get it for you.”Melanie slowly lifted her gaze to look at him, her eyes brimming with pure hatred.“Sebastian Haynes, you disgust me!”Meeting her stare, Sebastian’s frame trembled violently.He opened his mouth to say something, but t
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Chapter 7
Her mother erupted into a wail of utter despair before collapsing unconscious onto the floor.“Mom!”Melanie held her tightly, her entire body shaking violently.“Dad! Mom! No!”Her father was gone.Her mother had passed out from extreme emotional distress.Melanie stared blankly at the room around her, feeling as though all hope had vanished from her life.The doctor asked her to fill in the paperwork for her father’s affairs. As she dragged her feet forward along the corridor, she accidentally bumped into someone.Without lifting her head, she tried to step around them, but the person called out to her, “Melanie.”Hearing the voice, Melanie froze.She slowly looked up, her red and swollen eyes finally coming into focus.“I heard you and your dad gave a lot of blood for me? Thank you so much. But honestly, it was mine by right. After all, I lost my baby because of you.”Melanie glared at Kylie, overwhelmed with hatred.Kylie remained completely unbothered, her expression turning even
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Chapter 8
Sebastian stayed by Kylie’s bedside as her caregiver, eventually falling asleep from sheer exhaustion.During those two hours of sleep, he had several dreams.Every single one of them was about Melanie.He dreamed of the first time he ever saw her, back when she was giving a speech as the freshman representative.How radiant she had been on stage then, so utterly confident and brimming with life.He fell for her at first sight, and the moment she stepped off the stage, he gathered his crew and stopped her at the entrance of her dorm building.Melanie lifted her eyes to look at him, her expression cool and aloof.“Excuse me, could you step aside?”“Hey there, I’m Sebastian. I’ve taken a liking to you—how about we get dinner together?”Back then, he was wild, unruly, and arrogant beyond belief.Melanie merely cast him a glance before turning to walk away.Yet the more indifferent she remained, the more intrigued he became.For the entire year that followed, he pursued Melanie relentlessl
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Chapter 9
“What nonsense are you spewing?”The supplements in Sebastian’s hands crashed onto the floor. He lunged forward, grabbing the doctor’s collar in a death grip, his voice dark and strained. “He has always been in good health! It was just a little blood, How could he possibly be dead?”“It’s true, Mr. Haynes, I’m not lying to you,” the doctor said cautiously. “That day, when Ms. Tucker was heading to the morgue to collect the body, she ran into you in the hallway. I thought you knew.”Sebastian’s body seemed to frost over, his grip on the doctor’s collar slowly slipping away.No wonder Melanie’s face had been so ghastly pale that day.No wonder seeing Kylie had made her so upset that she grabbed her by the neck.It was because her father had passed away. She was overwhelmed with grief.Yet what had he done?He had shoved her to the ground and warned her never to lay a finger on Kylie again.A sudden sharp, agonizing pang pierced the depths of his chest, and Sebastian’s voice turned raspy.
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Chapter 10
Sebastian left the hospital.He tried calling Melanie repeatedly, but never got through.And she had blocked him on all her social accounts.Unable to reach her, he had no choice but to rush over to her parents’ house to get hold of her.The apartment was surrounded by an atmosphere of desolation.He began pounding on the door. “Melanie! Mrs. Tucker!“Melanie, open the door!“Melanie, come out and see me, won’t you? I’m sorry! Can we just talk?”No one came to the door. Instead, the neighbor from next door stepped out.Seeing him, the neighbor asked curiously, “Sir, are you looking for the family that lives here?”“Yes.”Sebastian asked frantically, “Did you see them today? Are they at home?”“I heard the father passed away, leaving just the mother and daughter. A few days ago, the two of them packed up their things and left. As for where they went, no one knows.“I also heard they put the apartment up for sale on a real estate app. From the looks of it, they took a huge blow and proba
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