My Endless Sorrow
he murmured, "wait for me. Once I’ve taken care of everything, I’ll come back and make it up to you."
But I would not wait.
...
By the time Lucas resolved the company’s affairs and came looking for me, I was already gone.
I had quit my teaching job, left the city, and erased all traces of myself from his world.
All I left behind was a single message:
[The dead do not return.]
Lucas understood.
He sat before the abandoned house where we had once lived, crying in despair.
Later, I learned he liquidated his empire, declared bankruptcy, and emptied his accounts into mine.