Fifth Time, Final Goodbye
On their third anniversary, Finley had all their friends over to celebrate. Claire walked in to find him on one knee, proposing to his childhood friend, Renee.
"What is going on?" she asked.
He shrugged like it was nothing. "It's just a game of truth or dare."
But it wasn't until he shoved her down the stairs, causing her to miscarry, that she finally woke up.
She'd given him five chances. Now? She was done.
"Finley, it's over. Let's get divorced."
When Betrayal Became the Final Goodbye
A car accident left my mother-in-law bleeding and desperate for help, but her plea was heartlessly rejected by her own daughter.
Even on her deathbed, my mother-in-law's only wish was to see her one last time.
However, she was busy staying by her first love's side, euthanizing his dog.
"You better stay as far away from me as possible! My mom's perfectly fine!" she shouted before hanging up on me, only to spend the night tangled with her first love in a hotel room.
It was not until after the cremation ceremony that she returned—carrying a birthday cake.
What greeted her was not a celebration but her mother's funeral.
She cried, sobbing uncontrollably, "Mom! You haven't even celebrated my birthday yet! Don't leave me!"
I stared at her and pulled the divorce papers from my bag.
How fitting.
This time, I was leaving too.
Goodbye School
"Apa yang akan kamu coba, Ra?"
Ayra memulai aksi nekatnya dengan perasaan gugup. Dia melepaskan kaitan baju sekolahnya satu-persatu di depan Rendra.
"Ayra, kamu jangan nekat!" Lelaki itu panik sendiri dan menoleh ke sana kemari, ke penjuru kelas. Takut jika tiba-tiba ada siswa lain yang masuk. "Aku tahu ini bukan dirimu, Ra!"
"Kamu suka cewek yang kayak gini 'kan, Ren?"
"Iya! Aku emang suka! Tapi bukan kamu, Ra! Bukan kamu yang harus kayak gini!"
Sebelum Ayra membuka kaitan bajunya yang ke-tiga, Rendra menutup bagian depan tubuh Ayra menggunakan jaket yang baru saja dia lepas. Kemudian merengkuh gadis itu dengan erat.
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Ayra merupakan gadis SMA semester akhir. Dia menjadi frustrasi saat tiba-tiba diputuskan oleh Rendra—kekasih yang sangat dia cintai. Alasannya adalah karena Rendra lebih menyukai gadis berpenampilan dewasa.
Ayra berusaha sekeras mungkin menjadi apa yang Rendra inginkan meskipun sebenarnya tubuhnya menolak. Rendra sendiri juga tidak menginginkan perubahan itu terjadi pada gadis tersebut.
Sementara Attar—lelaki dewasa yang satu rumah dengan Ayra karena mendadak harus bertanggung jawab dengan seluruh kehidupan Ayra pun turut mengekang perubahan gadis itu. Dia sangat menjaga Ayra hingga lebih baik Ayra dia ajak menikah saja daripada melakukan hal berbahaya di luar sana.
Akankah Ayra balikan dengan Rendra? Atau justru memilih untuk menikah dengan Attar?
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Goodbye Pacar
Aku hanya ingin bilang, “Bertahan mencintai seseorang yang tak lagi mencintai kita itu sangat menyakitkan.”
Dariku yang sedang patah hati, _Rindu. Cerita ini mengisahkan seorang gadis yang sangat-sangat mencintai kekasih hatinya bahkan rela mempertahankan hubungannya agar tidak berakhir dengan kata putus, meski sang pacar sudah tidak menganggapnya ada bahkan sudah menduakan cintanya. Seorang gadis bernama Rindu sampai rela berjuang sendirian untuk tetap bisa berada di sisi pria yang jadi cinta pertamanya yang berhasil membuatnya jatuh cinta untuk pertama kalinya. Gadis ini rela bertahan meskipun sudah tidak dinginkan lagi, sudah terabaikan, sudah tidak dicintai lagi. Namun ia tetap berjuangan keras agar hubungan percintannya tidak berakhir dengan perpisahan. Namun sayangnya perjuangannya tak terbalaskan hingga kematianlah yang menjadi akhir dari kisah cintanya.
DEATH
Setelah kekalahan ras iblis akhirnya mereka bersembunyi untuk menyiapkan serangan balasan. Menusia tidak lengah dan terus saja mencari dan memusnahkan ras iblis sampai habis. Tetapi....
Goodbye, Mom
My mother is hospitalized due to a terminal illness. She's in urgent need of a kidney transplant to save her life. I'm the only one who can perform the surgery, but I give the kidney to a stranger.
My father and husband get on their knees before me on the day of the surgery. They beg me to save my mother. However, I shrug and say, "I can't do anything about this. A life is a life, regardless of who the person is. This is what she gets for coming late—death is waiting for her."
Bitter Goodbye
Some people come into our lives some will stay and some will leave. Any of that two I believed that we don't meet people accidentally. We meet them with purpose, to teach us something or to simply add value to our life. Sedriano the man who came into my life, the man who made my world upside down. The man who values loves and gives me pain. The man who gives me butterfly kisses on my stomach. We were too young when we fell in love but I was so sure that it will last. With the promise, we made together with his bitter goodbye. This is our story.
On going
Her Final Bullet
Alora Steppingstone spent her teenage life practicing in shooting range, boxing ring and running field. She moved to New York and trained by her uncle to be a great mafia herself to avenge once she gets back in the Philippines at 18 years old.
Since her parents died in front of her, all she wants to do is to kill the family Spencer who lead the biggest assassin organization and the culprit of her family's murder case. She promise to herself that she will kill Mr. Robert Spencer including his family but when she met Calter Vin, everything has change.
When Alora strives to unfold the truth about her family's death and set aside her romantic feelings, at the end of the story, the question is to whom will she shoot her final bullet.
On going
Her Final Vow
I died on the day I was supposed to marry Ryan Wolfe.
When I didn’t show up on time, he angrily married his childhood sweetheart, Lorelei Floyd, instead, and publicly announced, “Alexis Harding cheated before our wedding and called it off herself!”
The rumors crushed my mother, and she died from a heart attack right then and there.
But Ryan seemed to have forgotten that he, in a fit of rage to defend Lorelei, slashed my arm and locked me in a basement for ten whole days.
I begged him and pleaded for mercy, but all I got was his cold reply. “You’ll stay here for a while, so you can fully understand the pain you caused Lorelei. And maybe, just maybe, it’ll rid you of your wicked thoughts.”
When he found my corpse, ravaged by maggots, he lost his mind.
His Final Collapse
On the tenth day after I perished in the avalanche, my husband finally remembered me.
His first love was suffering from aplastic anemia and urgently needed a bone marrow transplant—one that only I could provide.
He came home holding a donation consent form, ready for me to sign, only to find the house empty.
Kelly leaned weakly against him. "Vanessa must really hate me. She doesn't want to donate her bone marrow, so she ran away on purpose, didn't she?"
"Maybe we should just forget it," she sighed. "I can hold on a little longer."
Caden gently comforted her, his heart aching. "I won't let anything happen to you."
"It's just a bone marrow donation. It's not like she'll die from it."
Then he pulled out his phone and sent me a message:
[No matter where you are, come back immediately and sign the donation consent form.]
[Don't be so selfish! Kelly is seriously ill. If she doesn't get a transplant soon, she'll die. It's just bone marrow—I'm not asking for your life!]
[If you keep refusing, I'll stop paying for your mother's medical bills!]
Caden… I died the moment you walked away from the ski resort with Kelly.
The avalanche buried me and our unborn child beneath the snow.
My mother, in her desperate attempt to save me, was torn apart by wild wolves.
How could you not know?
The Final Portrait
I was a sketch artist acting for the police.
On a secret mission, I was discovered by a murderer. My eyes were gouged out, and my body was dismembered, unceremoniously dumped in a garbage bin.
On the brink of death, I called my boyfriend, a criminal investigator. However, he hung up on me because he was busy accompanying his first love to a prenatal checkup.
A few days later, he received a painting that was a vital clue to finding the murderer, but he thought I was playing tricks on him.
In his anger, he tore that portrait to shreds.
After he found out the truth, he spent the whole night searching through the garbage to piece it back together.
Goodbye, My Alpha
Before Andrew and I formed our mate bond, I overheard him and his Wolven Clan brothers mocking me:
"My Luna must serve my family and dedicate herself to the Blood Moon Pack."
"Lina is obedient and devoted—she loves me with all her heart, keeps the pack running smoothly, and takes care of my mother. She works tirelessly, giving her all to my family."
"However, Louise? She cherishes her dreams and craves freedom. She's a carefree spirit, meant for the vast open plains, not to be tied down and become a dull housewife."
I did not argue or shed tears.
Instead, I left the Blood Moon Pack without a word.
Andrew assumed I was just sulking nearby, unaware that I had traveled far to the Northland.
In the Northland, I not only rekindled my dreams but also found my true mate—the one who truly loves me. Now, I am his Luna Queen.
Death Plague
Sebuah wabah kematian tiba-tiba melanda seluruh dunia dalam waktu yang serentak dan sangat singkat. 70% penduduk bumi telah mati dan tinggal menyisakan beberapa orang saja. Apa yang telah terjadi?
The Final Cut
Crystal Lake Publishing
In an East London lock up, two film makers, Jimmy and Sam, are duct taped to chairs and forced to watch a snuff film by Ashkan, a loan shark to whom they owe a lot of money. If they don’t pay up, they’ll be starring in the next one. Before the film reaches its end, Ashkan and all his men are slaughtered by unknown assailants. Only Jimmy and Sam survive the massacre, leaving them with the sole copy of the snuff film.
The film makers decide to build their next movie around the brutal film. While auditioning actors, they stumble upon Melissa, an enigmatic actress who seems perfect for the leading role, not least because she’s the spitting image of the snuff film’s main victim. Neither the film, nor Melissa, are entirely what they seem however. Jimmy and Sam find themselves pulled into a paranormal mystery that leads them through the shadowy streets of the city beneath the city and sees them re-enacting an ancient Mesopotamian myth cycle. As they play out the roles of long forgotten gods and goddesses, they’re drawn into the subtle web of a deadly heresy that stretches from the beginnings of civilization to the end of the world as we know it.
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The Final Return
ZDwamena
Jessica has some explaining to do. Not only has she lied to her best friend, but she is lying to the father of their daughter. But it's not her fault that she fell in love with the man the day they met.
Jessica remembers that day like it was yesterday. His smooth skin, sparkling smile, and beautiful eyes are something that haunts her dreams every night.
Jessica had told Christine that the father knew about Adamelia, but that was a lie.
Jessica had told the father of her child that she doesn't love him, but that was also a lie.
Jessica has even told herself that she has moved on. That was a huge lie.
Wallowing in shame and guilt, Jessica has decided that it is her punishment. She was the one who created the web of lies in the first place.
Now she will do everything in her power to right her wrongs.
Never Say Goodbye
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT
"How long will I love you?"
"Until my dying breath."
From the moment they set their eyes on each other, Ian and Kimberly have been head over heels in love.
Their intense love for each other fills their lives with colors and their bellies with butterflies but their happiness is cut short when Kimberly is diagnosed with a life threatening sickness.
A sudden death forces the love birds to say goodbye to each other but Ian soon discovers that everything they were made to believe was a lie.
How far would he go, to be with the love of his life?
The Goodbye Unseen
Five years ago, my junior made a mistake in the experiment, resulting in an explosion in the lab. In an effort to save my childhood friend, Andrew, I suffered severe burns to one side of my face and was falsely accused as the culprit. Just like that, I became the target of everyone's anger.
Only Andrew stood by me, promising, "I love you for who you are, not your appearance. I'll always be there to protect you."
But on our wedding day, he vanished without a trace.
My mother, suffering from heart disease and barely clinging to life, wanted to see Andrew. When I asked him to come, he replied impatiently, "Are you using such a lame excuse to meet me? Don't you have any shame? Every time I look at your face, I feel disgusting."
I pleaded desperately, but he calmly hung up. "Do you think I'm your servant? You can't just summon me whenever you want. Just because you saved me once doesn't mean you can blackmail me for life."
My mother died without peace.
The junior who slandered me back then later posted a photo on social media, showing a man lifting her effortlessly. Their poses were intimate, highlighting the underlying affection.
Her captions read: [It's all his fault for tiring me out during the day. I almost missed out on this beautiful ocean. When you're in love, all is clear to see. I mentioned wanting to go to Belmar Island, and he flew me around the world for it.]
I was utterly heartbroken, so I texted him: [Let's break up…]
The Final Checkmate
On my 18th round of IVF, I accidentally overheard a conversation between my husband and his secretary.
Yvonne asked, "Babe, do you really have to have a baby with her? What about us?"
Zayn explained, "Don't worry. I've already switched the eggs with yours. So, Candice will actually be carrying our child, and you won't have to suffer through pregnancy. When the child grows up, all the Summers fortune will be his!"
I pretended I did not hear a word, focusing instead on raising the son I worked so hard to bring into this world.
18 years later, my son was celebrated as a "computer genius", and he returned home after earning his doctorate. I transferred all my shares and real estate to him without hesitation.
That was when Zayn finally decided to come clean and said, "Candice, the truth is, Luca is actually mine and Yvonne's. Let's get a divorce, and it's time for Lucas to be reunited with his biological mother."
I simply smiled and replied, "I agree to the divorce."
After weaving this web for 18 years, it was finally time to reel it all in.
Shadows Of Goodbye
Lynn Byrne
You had met the woman of your dreams and fell in love. You eloped. But when you both returned to take your rightful place among the clan, your dream turned into a never-ending nightmare. Your souls became destined to always say goodbye, but what happens when those shadows that you once feared become your comfort? Can a love be reborn in the shadows of goodbye?
Bella had always tried to please others and ignore her dreams until one day she was sacrificed to the Beast. She found herself plunged into an unfamiliar world and a servant to the Beast, who had killed all other offerings. This bizarre world becomes her home until the Beast claims her. Is she content being a shadow or does she become something far more powerful?
The Final Reconciliation
Crystal Lake Publishing
Thirty years ago, a progressive rock band called The Yellow Kings began recording what would become their first and final album. Titled “The Final Reconciliation,” the album was expected to usher in a new renaissance of heavy metal, but it was shelved following a tragic concert that left all but one dead.
The sole survivor of that horrific incident was the band’s lead guitarist, Aidan Cross, who’s kept silent about the circumstances leading up to that ill-fated performance—until now.
For the first time since the tragedy, Aidan has granted an exclusive interview to finally put rumors to rest and address a question that has haunted the music industry for decades: What happened to The Yellow Kings?
The answer will terrify you.
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©️ Crystal Lake Publishing