Until I Disappeared Novels & Stories

Blood. Gray gently taps my cheek and keep on talking. I can't hear a thing. The world is slow before my eyes as I fight to pry them open. I close my eyes and open them. Everything is upside down and I can't keep my eyes open. Gray already tolls me on his arms as he rushes out of the club. I can't see further. I peel my eyes open again as it finally closes. Darkness.

It’s going to be a long night… I parked my car across the main entrance of The Vintage, shaking my head at the crowd and unusual amount of reporters, swarming The Vintage. It’s an awfully chilly night although it’s the middle of summer, zipping up my black hoodie, I pocketed my keys before pushing through the swarm reporters and entering the large building. As I had been walking through the entrance, I heard the reporters talking amongst themselves about the mysterious disappearance of the Hudson twins causing my eyes to widen. What the hell? The disappearance of the Hudson twins?

"Wanda, I'll find you. I swear I will. I'll get down on my knees and beg for your forgiveness if that's what it takes." Hundreds of messages, one after another, packed into the screen like a digital breakdown. Edgar had completely lost it. I uninstalled WhatsApp without a second thought. Out of sight, out of mind. I had truly believed Edgar would never find me again. But one day, as I returned home from teaching, the last person I ever wanted to see was standing at my door.

I was right but why am I not disappearing? I withdrew my hands and placed it on it again and it was the same thing. “How did they do it?” I poked the frame and nothing happened then my hands involuntary touched Emery’s golden shade of eyes. “Lilian?” Laura’s voice was the last thing I heard before disappearing into the photo. What did I just do!

And beside it was Theo's old toy pup—its paint was chipped, but he refused to throw it away. Grief came crashing over me like a tide. I could no longer hold myself up. My body gave out, and I slid down the wall. Tears fell silently on the floor, drop by drop.

He stood off to the side, arms crossed, confident, certain he had me cornered. I reached into my purse and pulled out the hospital report from my miscarriage. My voice rang out, clear and strong. "That video wasn’t a smear campaign. It was the truth. Luna wasn’t just a mistress with no morals. She was the one who caused me to lose my baby."

Until it blinded everything. The world disappeared. The wind vanished. The pain faded. And before I could understand what was happening— Everything went blank. Dead quiet.

His hand gripping my arm, his voice low and possessive, “You’re mine, Lena. Don’t ever forget that.” A shiver ran through me. They had taken everything, my trust, my name, my peace, and turned it into a headline. They had broken me down piece by piece until I didn’t recognize myself anymore. Tears blurred my vision, hot and relentless. “I can’t stay here,” I whispered, my voice cracking. “Not another second.” Ruby reached for me, her fingers brushing my sleeve, but I pulled away before I broke completely. They’d made me a ghost long before I ever decided to disappear.

If you haven't because you received too many congratulatory messages for your engagement yesterday, I don't mind repeating it in person. Liam suddenly held his breath on the other end, but I continued regardless, "We've broken up. Well? Is it clear enough for you now? Do you understand?" Before he could reply, I hung up and blocked the unknown number. Liam had ruined my good mood early in the day. How annoying.

In the cold light filtering through the glass, I calmly read his message, then popped the SIM card from my phone and snapped it in two. I powered the phone down and watched the screen go completely dark. The turbine engines roared to life as the plane accelerated down the black runway. I watched as the land I once thought was my romantic destiny shrank in the distance, until it disappeared completely from view. No tears. No regrets. Only liberation. Harrison. From now on, we are dead to each other. And back at the private clinic, my complete disappearance finally shattered Harrison's forced composure. Just as he was about to swallow his pride and mobilize his underworld forces for a city-wid