When You’re Gone Novels & Stories

"Until…' Then she was gone." Not gone the way people disappear into crowds — shoulder-turned, heads-down, absorbed by motion. Gone the way a flame goes out. Between one blink and the next, she simply was not there. The space where she had stood held nothing but platform grime and a discarded ticket stub and the fading warmth of afternoon light. Kai's hand stayed raised for several seconds more, fingers spread, reaching for something the world had already taken back. * * *

"That's it? You're not angry?" Angry? I'd been angry. Heartbroken, devastated. But those feelings belonged to someone who had time to feel them. I was past all of that now. When you're close to death, you let go of so much. The rage that used to burn in your chest turns to ash. The betrayal that kept you awake at night fades to a dull ache. Nothing matters the way it used to. "I'm tired, Blake," I said quietly. "I'm just... tired."

“Graham, everything that happened before is in the past now. We should focus on living in the moment. How about this? Take a month off and get some rest. I’ll be away on a business trip, and we can talk when I get back.” She didn’t even wait for my reaction before she picked up her suitcase and walked out, humming a tune. I stood frozen where I was, ears ringing, unable to process anything for a long time. I never expected that the thorn in my heart for years would be met with such a response. However, the old Lucy wasn’t like that.

A raw, inexpressible pain surged within his chest, sharp and unrelenting. "So, does that mean we can't even be friends?" "What do you expect? You think I would ever call the person who killed my daughter a friend? Never! I never want to see you again, Zeke! You disgust me!" Without another word, Lily climbed into the car. Zeke stood frozen and stunned. His thoughts were scattered and elusive. His gaze drifted upward, where dark clouds had begun to gather, heralding the coming rain. Everything between them had ended, without hope for mending.

It felt just like—death. Meanwhile, my family waited anxiously. Seeing the doctor return, they quickly donned their helmets without hesitation. Somewhere beyond my dying breaths, the machine's cold melody wrenched the last light of my mind back into memories.

Cried. Nico held her, kissed her, comforted her. Proposed. Later, they had a home. Wedding photos. In the pictures, she smiled beautifully, her fingers interlaced with his. Every time he woke up, alone in bed, listening to the clock tick forward, he realized time was moving. But Valentina would never be in his life again. She was gone. That snowy night on the West Coast, she wished him happiness. Her eyes were sincere. Calm. She said she wasn't coming back.

"Gina, stop enjoying yourself. If it weren't for you, none of this would have happened. And I'll tell you this right now. Even if I get back on my feet, even if you begged me, I wouldn't take you back." I glanced down at Rebecca's hand on my arm. "Let go." "I won't. I'm going to say exactly what I—" "I said, let go." Something in my tone stopped her. She released my arm without quite meaning to, thrown off by whatever she saw in my expression. Then a voice sounded just behind me. "Ma'am, your parents are ready for you. It's time to go up."

Maybe I'm just seeing what my heart wants to see. He said nothing, just stared at me. I let out a resigned sigh, and with a heavy heart walked out the door shutting that chapter of my life for good. *** The snow fell a top me as I dragged my things to the sidewalk. I didn't have anyone to call, nobody to lean on. I was all alone. My parents were gone, murdered, and I didn't have anyone to reach out to. I was all alone.

Looking back in his hand, he remembered how his phone got ruined because of Ian. 'I will surely make him compensate about this' He thought to himself as he got reminded by the fact that he can no longer use his phone. "When someone leaves you and go...." "When someone leaves and goes" “ All we are left with some silent tears” “But that will affect the one whose gone” “ Seeing you in pain and frown” “The left soul will not stay in peace” “ So you have to let go with a smile ” “Its just the life and things awhile ”

Yes, unfortunately, we both lost trading this time. Goodbye Rahman, I went away from you, away from all our memories, and they will never come back again. Someday when you wake up, then we too have gone, and really gone. Gone away from you, and everything is just a beautiful memory of five years of being together with you.