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Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever Chapter 10
Kaitlin's POVAs winter set in, dusk fell earlier and earlier. By the time my shift at the bookstore ended, the streetlights were already lit.One day, as I stepped out of the bookstore, I found a warm cup of bubble tea on the doorstep. On the side of the cup was a sticky note that read, "It's cold out. Keep your hands warm."The handwriting belonged to Julian.I left the bubble tea where it was and walked away.The next day, when I stepped out, another cup was waiting at the door. It was still warm, with the exact same note attached.I ignored it just the same.Every day, there was a cup of bubble tea and a new sticky note. Sometimes it said the temperature was dropping and to bundle up. Other times, it brought up memories of our past.On the sixth day, I picked up the bubble tea, took a few steps, and tossed it straight into a roadside trash can.Across the street, Julian was standing behind the coffee shop glass window, watching the whole thing. He hung his head without a w
Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever Chapter 9
Kaitlin's POVThe bookstore was quiet in the afternoon. I was sitting on the couch flipping through an old novel when the wind chime above the door chimed.I didn't look up."Kaitlin," someone called out.My fingers paused mid-page.I looked up and saw Julian standing at the entrance to the fiction section, with Lucas and Tyler right behind him. All three looked travel-worn and haggard, as if they hadn't slept well in days.Julian was clutching an envelope in his hand. The moment his eyes met mine, his footsteps froze.I closed my book and stood up. "How did you find me here?""Your mom's studio." Julian's voice was raspy. "We waited downstairs for two days."I said nothing.Lucas spoke up first. "Kaitlin, we were wrong."Tyler nodded along. "About what happened that day, we—""Which day?" I looked at them.The three of them fell silent for a moment.Julian handed over the envelope in his hand.I took it and opened it up. Inside were my passport and a bank card."Here's
Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever Chapter 8
Kaitlin's POVThat day, when I walked out of the guesthouse, I had absolutely nothing on me—no passport, no luggage, no money. Even my phone had been robbed.I crouched by the roadside for the longest time, not knowing where to go.The next afternoon, a woman pulled up in front of the embassy. She was an old classmate of Mom's who had settled here over a decade ago.Mom had called her in the middle of the night, and she came running without a second thought.She took me to get a temporary travel document, handled the emergency identification paperwork, and booked my flight to where my mom was.She didn't ask a single question the entire time, only saying as I filled out the forms, "Your mom has talked about you non-stop all these years."Three days later, I boarded the plane.For over ten hours, I didn't close my eyes once. As I leaned against the window and watched the clouds roll by, my mind went completely blank.Stepping out of the airport, I saw Mom standing at the exit.
Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever Chapter 7
Third-Person POVOver the next three days, Julian, Tyler, and Lucas scoured the embassy, local police stations, and every place they could think of asking.They pulled security footage, only to find the camera at that intersection had been broken for months. They asked nearby shopkeepers, but everyone said they'd seen nothing.Three days passed with absolutely zero leads.On the fourth day, Julian froze in front of a second-hand phone shop.A row of used phones was displayed in the window, and one of them immediately caught his eye.It was Kaitlin's—the one she had used for two years. There was a crack on the corner of the screen, left over from a drop last year.They bought the phone back and plugged it into a charger.When the screen lit up, the wallpaper showed a group photo of Kaitlin and the three of them. They were standing by the sea, smiling without a care in the world.Julian flipped through the photo album. In the "Recently Deleted" folder, he found several screensho
Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever Chapter 6
Third-Person POVWhen Tyler caught up with Lucas and Julian, the elevator doors were closing.He shoved his hand between them and squeezed inside. "I'm coming too."Julian glanced at him. "What about Sophie?""I called a cab to take her home."Lucas frowned. "Isn't she feeling sick?""The doctor said she's fine. Besides…"He paused for a beat. "I think we went too far this time…"Silence hung heavy in the elevator for two seconds."Back in eighth grade, Kaitlin was cornered by some girls from another class in the stairwell. The three of us rushed over and scared them off. She didn't shed a single tear. She just stood there, saying she was fine. But when Sophie said she was scared, we all rushed to comfort her, leaving Kaitlin alone in that stairwell."In ninth grade, we scraped our money together to buy her a cake for Kaitlin on her birthday. But Sophie said she was home alone and scared, so Julian, you took the cake straight over to her house. The next day, Kaitlin didn't as
Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever Chapter 5
Third-Person POV"We're going back," Julian said.Lucas and Tyler both snapped their heads up. "What?""Back to the guesthouse. We need to find Kaitin."Lucas immediately pulled out his phone and started looking for flights. "The earliest one back leaves in three hours."Tyler was already opening his wallet. "We have enough for all three of us."The three of them turned around and marched straight toward the check-in counters.Sophie stood rooted to the spot, holding her cat, her face instantly turning pale. "Julian…"Julian paused in his tracks and turned to look at her.Frowning, Sophie clutched her stomach. "My stomach hurts… I was fine just a second ago. Maybe I ate something bad on the plane…"Lucas instinctively stopped. "Sophie, are you okay?""It's nothing. You guys go ahead." Sophie bit her lower lip, her eyes brimming with tears. "I'll just wait here by myself. I'm used to it anyway."As she spoke, her body swayed, and Tyler quickly caught her before she fell.Ju
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