RheaThe train station was loud and crowded, the noise of announcements and rolling suitcases filling the air, but everything sounded as if it were happening underwater. My mind was numb, buzzing with a strange kind of adrenaline that had nothing to do with fear and everything to do with finality. This was it. The end of one life and the beginning of… whatever came next.Elora stood beside me, her hand resting gently on my arm, her eyes shiny with unshed tears. She looked at me, her face twisted with worry and pain, and she couldn’t hold it back anymore.“Rhea, please,” she begged, her voice trembling as she squeezed my arm tighter. “Just think about this one last time. You are hurting so much right now, you’re not yourself. You’re about to do something you can never undo. Don’t leave like this.”I looked at her, and I knew she meant well, but my heart felt like stone. There was no turning back.“I am clear on this, Elora,” I said softly, but firmly. “My mind is made up. There is noth
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