Then She Was Gone Summary Novels & Stories

His friends were angry on his behalf. "We thought you would be doing well after leaving Howard. Who would have thought that you'd end up being a cleaner?" "That's right. If it weren't for Howard helping you, you were destined to end up being a cleaner anyway. This is what you get for running away!" Howard furrowed his brows, seemingly affected by the comments. "Nina, how have you been the past eight years?" I clutched the red safety vest on me, feeling a sudden wave of emotions. After leaving Howard, I lived in the draftiest of basements, drinking the dregs of others' meals, and laid on the operating table feeling desolate and uncared for.

Pain exploded through my chest like a part of my soul was being ripped away, torn out by the roots and discarded. She was gone.

Once you went in, you never came out. "No! Lorenzo, don't! Please, just kill me!" She scrambled forward, trying to grab my leg. But I had already turned and left. "Scrub her identity and freeze her assets," my voice came from behind the iron door. "Send her out tonight." The heavy door slammed shut, sealing Victoria's desperate sobs inside the basement. Getting rid of the trash brought me no relief. The hole in my chest only gaped wider, a cold wind whistling through the void, making it hard to breathe.

If she failed, she’d be another body added to the pile of those who underestimated me. An hour later, I was sitting in my office, waiting for Kael’s report, when the door burst open. My instincts kicked in immediately, and my hand went to the knife on my desk. Kael stood in the doorway, his face pale and his usual composure shaken. “What is it?” I demanded, rising to my feet. “It’s her.” He said, his voice tight. “She’s gone.” My blood ran cold. “What do you mean, gone?” “She disappeared.” Kael said. “We had her under surveillance, but she slipped away before we even made it to the car.”

She inhaled, long and slow, the flame in her chest growing. She wouldn’t crumble. She wouldn’t retreat. She wouldn’t vanish the way Caleb wanted her to. She whispered to herself: “This is where I rise.” And she did. She rose from ashes. From betrayal. From the loss she believed irreversible. She rose because somewhere inside her, beneath all the pain and ruin, a mother’s intuition whispered: Your story isn’t done. Your child is not lost. Find her. And one day, she would.

Clapping excitedly, she urged, "Daddy, let's go! I can't wait to go to the amusement park. I want to take lots of pictures and put them in the frame next to my bed!" A jolt of pain shot through my chest. I'd carried these pups for months and nearly died during labor, but as they left, the last bit of attachment I had toward them vanished. Later, I cleared out all my belongings in the villa, then dragged my suitcase downstairs. "Luna Aria, are you heading out?" Bill asked. I nodded. "I'm leaving. Remind Ethan to sign the agreement. And also, stop calling me 'Luna Aria'."

By doing so, it was as if she could prove that I had ever existed. Every connection left her body convulsed with pain. Yet she, like someone addicted to self-torture, refused to stop. “Jason, I miss you so much…” Susie curled up on the bed. As her fingers gripped the sheets tightly, she imagined it was me who had long since disappeared. However, one day, the chip suddenly lost connection. No matter how she tried, she could no longer sense my presence. Susie quickly realized that I had removed the chip.

It would be too cruel. "Okay. I'll wait with you," I said. Jax and I waited the entire day, but Theo never showed up. Truth be told, I'd used the mind-link to ask his Beta and found out that Theo left with Mia two hours ago. As I watched how disappointment slowly colored Jax's expression, I tried to think of something to say. Just then, a maid opened the door and said, "Ms. Olivia, Mr. Theo is asking the two of you to join the others at the event hall."

She was gone. And she'd shattered him completely.

"Didn't she tell you when she went to find you? Gisselle is now the only female tractor driver in the nearby villages. This very tractor is the prize Gisselle won for our village. "A while back, the women's federation offered her a job, but since she had to live with you on the military base, she gave it up. They tried to persuade her for a long time. But thankfully, she came back a few days ago and is now working at the women's federation." Kyson was silent for a long time. The person Griffin described was nothing like the shy, gentle version of me he remembered. To him, I was just a simple village woman who only knew farming and housework.