Charles POVI hadn’t slept properly in days.Every night, I drove around the city, checking places Ayla used to mention —the quiet café near the river where she liked to read, even the old park bench where she said she felt safest. I went visiting to Ivana place, but they both weren't home. I called every contact I had. I checked hotels, hospitals, and even her father’s properties. Nothing.Ayla was gone.She had disappeared after the hospital, slipping away without a word, without a trace. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her face in that waiting room, distant, broken, refusing to even look at me. My confession, my love, my proposal to stand by her… it all seemed to mean nothing.I sat in my car outside a small diner, staring at my phone screen. No new messages. No missed calls from unknown numbers. Just silence.My chest felt heavy. “Where are you, Ayla?” I whispered to myself. “I told you I’d wait. I told you I’d
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