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143: Unspoken Goodbyes

Author: Risa Mint
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-07-30 22:33:14

Chapter 143

The engine ticked softly as Martin sat in the motionless car, staring blankly through the cracked windshield. The dark, broken bridge stretched out in front of him like a skeletal path to nowhere, a ghostly monument to things lost and unrecoverable. His fingers trembled as he loosened them from the steering wheel, his knuckles pale from how tightly he'd gripped it moments before. His breath came out in ragged huffs, and his heart thundered so loudly it echoed in his ears. When he stepped out of the vehicle, the cool night air slapped against his skin, but nothing could shake the chill crawling up his spine.

He staggered forward, his boots scraping over gravel and shattered glass, until the splintered edge of the bridge came into full view. One more foot... just one more push... and he would’ve been gone.

"No way," Martin whispered, his voice hoarse and cracked. A bitter laugh escaped his throat, dry and humorless. He wasn’t surprised by how close he’d come. But what stru
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