Novel & Cerita 10 years of nothing—now i'm gone

The only thing that stood out was that basket of bright red strawberries. A laugh slipped out of me, sudden and out of place, and the tears I had been holding back finally fell, pulling at the stitches that had just been sewn. The pain hit so hard that I curled up on the bed. After seven years with Charles, he had forgotten that I was allergic to strawberries, and as for the promise he made to come back, no one came, not even once, not until half a month later, when I was discharged. Meanwhile, Melissa's social media had been set to special notifications on my phone, and she updated almost every day, every post filled with photos of her traveling with Charles.

Graham looked at me as if I were nothing but a stranger. It reminded me of the cruelty he showed me when he divorced me and forced me to leave without a penny to my name in my previous life. After stuffing a sandwich into my mouth, I got to my feet and said, "I'm full. I've got morning classes today, so I've got to go." Leanna protested, "But you haven't touched your milk, Gwyn—" "I'm late." I then grabbed my bag and escaped through the front door.

"But I miss you, baby. You know I can't sleep without you. Wait for me, sweetheart. No matter how late, I'll come back." I said nothing more. Antonio said a few more things, then hurriedly hung up. I put the phone back in my bag and slowly closed my eyes as the car swayed gently. Neon lights from outside the window shone through, casting flickering shadows on my face. The sweet words that once made my heart race now sounded as if they were filtered through a thick pane of glass, blurred and distant. Ten years. It was like a long film that had finally reached its closing scene.

Fortunately, this time, it was me who no longer wanted to wait. On the way home, Griffin asked me, "Gisselle, why didn't Kyson come back with you?" I smiled and casually replied, "He had a sudden assignment, so he went back." "How long will he be gone this time?" he asked. "I don't know." Maybe a month. Maybe forever.

And the marriage registration still wasn't happening. I shook my head. "No. I don't love you anymore. After seven years, whatever love I had for you has been worn down to nothing."

Since he couldn't find me, he then forced me to contact him on my own. How heartless could he be? I let out a breath and wiped my tears. "I'll never apologize! You're angry after waiting for me at City Hall for one day… Then what about me? I have waited for you a hundred times! I won't marry you anymore. You can marry whoever you want! I wrote that piece for you… But you gave it away! We're done!" Theodore couldn't react to everything and simply yelled back angrily, "Ellena! Just when are you going to stop this madness? Come back and…"

Ten years of marriage without a single happy memory, without a day of laughter and joy and peace and all of that. Ten years of my life, gone down the drain, wasted. It was sickening. I looked in the mirror everyday and saw the naive little girl who had left the small town in Missouri and ran down to New York with her boyfriend. The stupid eighteen year old that had gotten herself hitched willingly to a madman and then proceeded to set herself up for more heartbreaks and pain in the future. Gone were the happy memories of my childhood. They floated away as if they were too far away to be caught. Too distant.

Gone! She Fucking Left Me!

The churning feeling in her stomach just intensified as she watched Manik and Nandini walk away. She had been friends with Manik for more than ten years now. In ten years of their friendship, Manik had never looked at her the way he had now been looking at Nandini. Those eyes of adoration that would pop out every time he looked at Nandini was something she really craved for from him but she never managed to make him see her in that light. She knew jealousy would only hamper her but she couldn't help it.