The Spectacular Now Ending Novels & Stories

A look of turmoil appeared in her eyes for a moment. "This has always been your fate, Ariel. You have to accept it," Grandma said. She then turned around and said to Wayne, "It's done. Let's go." Wayne hummed in assent. He dusted the dirt off himself before leaving with Grandma. But just as they turned around, I heard a flurry of hurried footsteps. Captain Olson's voice then rang out. "Leaving so soon? We're not done yet!" Grandma's expression instantly changed. She yelled at Wayne, "Run!"

I paid them no mind and focused entirely on the auction. The moment the sculpture came up, my eyes lit up. I raised my paddle immediately as soon as the auctioneer began the bidding. "Five million, once. Five million, twice. Five million, three times. Very well. Now, let us congratulate—" Before he could finish, Selena suddenly raised her paddle. "Ten million dollars!" I spun toward her in disbelief. She tilted her chin at me, a taunting look in her eyes. I knew she didn't care about the sculpture—she just wanted to piss me off.

Hall would have pinned this on him, too. Mrs. Hall squeezed her eyes shut, tears rolling down her face. "That watch was from Norman. Jess cherished it so much that she couldn't bear to wear it. And now, it's been ruined. How could she?! Sam, you… How could both of you treat her that way?" "I…" Samson felt chills in his spine. Jessica must have figured it all out. No wonder she changed after that day. No wonder she left so resolutely. His voice caught in his throat, and it took him a long moment to speak. "I want to confront Celia about this. Face to face."

It was quite unfortunate, though—due to the extreme intricateness of the workmanship, the people at the shop informed me that they couldn't attempt the restoration. I merely sighed, gathered the pieces, and put them away in a box. I finalized my resignation without a hitch. Emilio signed off on it instantly, appearing as if he wanted me to be out of his life as soon as possible. It was perfect, as it meant less fuss for me. It was finally time for me to leave Estrella, and Christopher and my friends all showed up at the airport for my send-off. "You'd better not show your face here until you've won that competition, Calista! You ought to know that we've got a reputation to uphold!"

He forced a smile, but his voice was shaking. On the other end, Wade just said softly, "Annie's dead. Her body was cremated a week ago." Zach's smile froze. The mug in his hand slipped to the floor and shattered. It was the couple's mug we had made together at a pottery shop. Zach gripped his phone tightly, unable to believe it. "Stop fooling around, Doctor Smith! How can someone just die so easily? I was just holding her hand not long ago. I promised I would come back for her… She always keeps her promises. She'll wait for me to come home."

In the end, he took my swollen palm and gently blew on it. “Taz, you can hit or scream at me all you want, but Lana isn’t like us. She can’t handle this kind of punishment from you. This would ruin her entire life.” I pulled my hand back, giving him a smile that did not reach my eyes. “Fine.” The moment those intimate photos were taken down, Hugh visibly let out a breath of relief. Before he could say anything, a wave of even fiercer cheers erupted from the audience. The final highlight of the auction had been brought out.

The doctors had no better option, so they agreed to let me sign. As I lay on the operating table and the anesthesia entered my body, one tear slipped from the corner of my eye. Ines Sutherland, this is the last tear I will ever shed for you. From now on, we go our separate ways. We have nothing to do with each other. Three days later, once my body recovered a little, I checked myself out of the hospital. Then I called a courier and had the hospitalization record and divorce agreement delivered to Ines. After that, I took a cab straight to Brookhaven Airport and bought a ticket back to Harbor City.

Not happy endings. **************************************************

“So far, we’re thinking of having the ceremony in the late afternoon, then do pictures, a cocktail hour, and then the reception.” “That’ll be really nice.” “We hope so. If only the weather would be nice then, right?” “It can snow in March,” Owen says. “Everything is inside, so we should be fine,” Dean finally speaks for the first time. “I saw the new renovations to the venue on their website,” I say. “It’s so pretty.” “It’s like a fairytale!” Kara agrees. “I forgot to ask you, Quinn,” Mom says and turns the burner off. “Is Jamie coming to the reveal tomorrow?”

"I don't want anyone to hear us celebrating." THE END