The Boy Who Never Reached Her Dreams
Three years after my death, Naomi Dudley—the woman I've driven away—finally returns to Avenport.
She is still with Bryson Lloyd. She leans into him, looking sweet and submissive.
At the story's end, the main couple's sweet romance continues.
The only one who meets a miserable end is me, the villain who dares to steal the female lead.
They are here to visit her mother's grave, and I happen to be buried just a short distance away.
I float beside Naomi, looking at her and Bryson. They really do look like the perfect couple.
Once the candle burns down, Naomi finds an excuse to send Bryson away.
She walks over to my headstone and stands there in silence for a long time. So long that I assume she is just trying to find the right words to curse me.
Instead, tears well up as she smiles and touches my photograph on the stone. "Kenneth, why haven't you visited my dreams?"
I suppose it's because I'm not Bryson. My lingering regrets will never reach her dreams.