INICIAR SESIÓNOn my birthday, my girlfriend Serena organized a trip to the amusement park for the five of us. When we got to the log flume, the four of them stepped right past me and took the whole front row. I froze for half a second, then said nothing and went to the second row on my own. As we plunged down the drop, all three girls cried out, "Kyle!" and threw themselves into his arms, laughing and squealing. I was still gripping the safety bar when, all at once, the three of them pulled out umbrellas and held them over their heads. The massive waterfall ahead shredded my poncho in seconds and drenched me from head to toe. Kyle turned around. "Adrian! Why don't you have an umbrella?" Serena and my two childhood friends exchanged a look and said nothing. But I knew. They'd forgotten. When we went hiking, they forgot me deep in the mountains, and I nearly got mauled to death by wolves. When we traveled, they forgot me on a train, and I ended up lost in a foreign country. A moment later, I stood in the restroom, staring at my soaked clothes and pale face, and let out a bitter laugh. If there was never room for me, I should've let go a long time ago.
Ver másI listened without expression.Her eyes were full of emotion. Mine were empty.Serena noticed.The hope in her face dimmed.After a long silence, I gave a small nod."I heard you."Then I turned to leave.She caught my wrist.Her grip was light.Much gentler than the day she had grabbed me and ordered me to apologize to Kyle.That only made it feel more ironic."Don't go." Her eyes were wet now. "Please."Adrian, I don't want this to be over."She lowered her gaze."I fired Kyle. I'll never have anything to do with him again. I swear. Please believe me."I watched her for two seconds.Then I pulled my hand free."I don't. You told me once that you'd love me forever too. So your forever only lasted ten years?"Regret twisted across her face.I took a slow breath.All I felt was exhaustion."Stop looking for me, Serena. Stop interfering with my life. There is no future for us."I walked away.She didn't follow.She only stood there staring after me, pale and shake
Adrian's POVAt the same time, an ocean away, I had just landed.My phone was flooded with messages from all three women.Serena alone had sent more than a hundred.I didn't answer any of them.I blocked every number and deleted the threads.I'd left in such a hurry that I'd forgotten to take out the trash.Mom video-called me."Those three girls came looking for you. They went to the estate first. Serena even got into a car accident."I nodded.Before, I would've dropped everything and rushed to her side.Now I only acknowledged the information.Whether Serena lived or died was no longer my concern."Oh, and I formally ended the engagement with the Sullivan family for you.""Thanks, Mom."After we hung up, I went to the apartment I had already bought near our branch and unpacked.Only then did I finally breathe.That rotten relationship couldn't drain me anymore.A few days later, I heard something surprising.Serena had fired Kyle.Hadn't she practically worshippe
For one terrible second, the world around Serena seemed to lose all its air.She couldn't breathe."Adrian..."Chloe and Vivian went still beside her.None of them had ever truly imagined that someone who had been alive yesterday could simply be gone today.If Adrian was dead, how could they ever face his family?How could they live with themselves?Serena lunged toward the stretcher and pulled back the sheet with shaking hands.A stranger's face lay beneath it.Relief hit so hard that her knees nearly gave out.Chloe and Vivian caught her."Thank God," Chloe whispered. "It's not Adrian."Then she seemed to think of something."What if he left on his own after we drove away?"Serena shook her head.She didn't know.But she desperately wanted that to be true.The search eventually ended.They never found any sign of Adrian.That small fact became the only hope they had left.The three women got into the car and rushed toward the Carter estate.Serena floored it the
Third-person POVThe group chat went silent.After a long time, Chloe finally typed, "Did Adrian get in the car last night?"Vivian answered, "I don't remember. I didn't notice."Serena was already behind the wheel when she saw the messages.Her hands started shaking.She had forgotten too.She hadn't noticed at all.Ever since she saw the morning news about the mudslide, unease had been crawling under her skin.She had called Adrian three times.He hadn't answered once.That had never happened before.Serena shut her eyes hard, her lips pressed tight.Then she remembered the vehicle camera.She pulled up the footage from the night before.On the screen, rain lashed across the estate while Chloe and Vivian rushed Kyle into the car.Behind them stood one lonely figure: Adrian.Serena watched herself drive away with him still outside.For a second, she forgot how to breathe.She had left Adrian there.The radio kept reporting new casualties from the mudslide, each upd












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