Todos los capítulos de Left on the Street, I Walked Away Forever: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

Kaitlin's POVMy boyfriend, Julian Hayes, missed what I said yet again. "Yeah, yeah, fine. Just hurry over. Sophie's waiting to wash up."The line went dead.I stood outside the guesthouse, clutching my phone. On my map, that 12-mile route looked like an impossible abyss.I hauled the suitcases forward, one by one.My hands were raw, burning hot from gripping the handles too tightly.Before I'd even gone 100 yards, I stopped and leaned against a wall.I unlocked my phone and opened my chat with Julian.I typed a few words and deleted them. Then I typed a few more and deleted those too.Finally, I sent, "I'm not coming."Nearby, a neon sign for a small motel flickered in the dark. I dragged my luggage over.The room was tiny, and the sheets were slightly damp.The moment the door shut, the world went quiet.I sat on the edge of the bed, staring at my torn palms. Suddenly, I recalled my birthday last year.Julian had promised to take me out to dinner, but the second Sophie

Kaitlin's POVAt the new guesthouse, Julian carried Sophie inside first. Lucas carried her bag, and Tyler walked ahead to open the door.Julian carried Sophie straight into the innermost bedroom. Lucas followed with her bag to help set her things down, and Tyler took his keycard to the room next door.Julian turned and glanced at me. "You can sleep on the living room couch."I said nothing.Sophie poked her head out from Julian's arms and said softly, "Sorry, Kaitlin. My cat isn't used to sleeping on a couch, so you'll have to put up with it."The cat wasn't used to the couch, so I had to be.It had always been like this.When there wasn't enough room in the car, they stuffed me into the trunk.When we went to the beach, they brought four inner tubes for five people—forgetting only mine—leaving me to guard their bags on the sand all afternoon.When we went to the night market and bought sausages, they ended up one short.Julian said I didn't like them, even though I had neve

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

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

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