The Beginningafter The End Novels & Stories

Put the pen down gently. And I wrote: We began with paper. We ended with something real. Still. Always. Ours. ⸻ THE END ⸻

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Without allowing. Only this. The day begins. The day ends. The night falls. The dawn breaks. All within this. None apart from this. The beginning is this. The ending is this. The falling is this. The breaking is this. No separation. The seasons turn. Spring arrives. Summer heats. Autumn colors. Winter quiets. All within this. None apart from this. The turning is this. The arriving is this. The heating is this. The coloring is this. The quieting is this.

A happy, warm atmosphere spread throughout the café. However, the next instant, a tearful shout came from the doorway. "Mommy, don't you want me anymore?"

I had no idea what the future would bring. But we had each other. And our unbreakable love would never let anything stand in our way. This wasn’t the end of our story. It was only the beginning of the life we’d fought so hard to build together. Our happily ever after had finally begun. The End. **************************** Author’s Note ❤️❤️ My lovely readers! I truly appreciate you. Thank you for spending your time with James and Belle. Thank you for laughing with them, crying with them, falling in love with them, and staying until the very last page.

I knew in that moment I was about to lose my dad. “Anastasia My love, keep our babies safe. I love you so much” Daddy says before he looks at me . “Sweetheart come here” I take the twins hands and we walk to our dad. “My beautiful babies, I love y’all so much. I’m so sorry I’m leaving you , remember I will always be with you here” he says and points to each of our hearts. “Sweetheart protect your mom and siblings, you are so strong and brave, they will need you” he says before he looks at mama again. He takes one more deep breath as his eyes start to flutter shut “I love you so-” he manages to get out before he stops breathing.

Could unify. Beginning proved it. Beginning demonstrated it. Beginning was it. And that was enough. And that was everything. And that was exactly right. Beginning existed. Hope's legacy endured. The story continued. Forever. Always. Beautifully. Beginning was here. And beginning was beautiful. And beginning was exactly right. The story continued. Forever. Always. Eternally. Beginning was here. And that was perfect. END OF CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE And so the story continues, forever evolving, forever beginning anew...

he asked, drowsy. "We're going home." He smiled. "This is the beginning of the after, Isa." I smiled too. And it was. Because after everything we had been through… we were ready to start over.

He thought: some things are better known than said. He thought: and some things are better said. "It's grown," he said. Adrian looked at him. "The music hasn't changed," he said. "No," Daniel said. "We have." Adrian held his gaze. The warmth — the long, open, entirely reliable warmth that was the structure of the thing and the beauty of the thing and had not changed and had grown. "Yes," he said. "The final phrase," Daniel said. "In October of the sixth year it was the beginning of what comes after. In March of the eighth year it is the beginning of what comes after that has already begun." He paused. "The beginning is further along."

Golden sunlight fell across the petals and across our interlocked fingers. The entanglement between Julian Hayes and Victoria Quinn had finally vanished completely. And the new life that belonged to Elise and me had only just begun. The end.