Until the Melody Fades
Two years after breaking up with Evan Grey, my lung cancer finally reached its final stage.
At the end of my life, I dragged my aching body to Lake Manco, where we promised we'd come together on the 999th day of our love.
In the end, I was the only one who went.
As the doctor's calls came in endlessly, no doubt urging me to return to chemotherapy, I silenced my phone and buried the pendant Evan gave me by the lake.
"Evan, maybe this is the last time I'll think of you…"
As soon as the words left my mouth, a drop of blood from my nose fell into the sand. Then, from behind me, I heard the voice I'd missed every day for the past three years, "Miss, could you please take a photo of me and my girlfriend?"