Chapter 53

Caleb's POV

“I saw her…” I just saw her again. For the second time, to prove that I wasn't crazy. To prove that I wasn't seeing things. How could she be alive? They had clearly said that she was dead, that she commited suicide and jumped into the water under the bridge to die. How could she still be alive? I had clearly seen her body, I had seen it.

I stumbled backwards, my legs shaky as I tried to hold on to a wall. I noticed the stares around me, but I didn't care. How could I care about them when Elaine was right in front of me?

She had changed. She had really changed. Her long hair was short, like a bob. She looked plumper, prettier, she was never like this with me. I still remembered the black eyed, thin and rough faced Elaine. She had been so unkempt, so broken when she was with me. I could still picture her back then, hair a tangled mess, clothes hanging loosely on her bony frame, and those dark circles under her eyes that seemed to swallow her whole. She barely ate, barely