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Chapter 58

Today is the day. Today, I will be moved from here to begin my new life. Today I will leave behind everything, my mother, my childhood home, and... him.

We haven't talked since that day when I told him to leave my house but there wasn't a single day where I don't miss him. I still love him, time didn't heal my scars, and maybe they will never heal but I love my scars because they were given by him.

My suitcase was packed.

My commodities were at dormant, and I didn't have the energy to go there and confront what lay there.

I was afraid.

I didn't want to see Aiden, because, in the end, I was going to be hurt.

Grace was a different story, I wasn't prepared for her remarks and actions, moreover, meeting her only will remind me of her betrayal. So, I accepted whatever was in my house which was almost everything because I took limited commodities to dorms.

I inhaled.

And exhaled.

It looked like the first day when from the same room, I started my journey. That day, I left the house for escaping the life that had destroyed me. That day I didn't know that I would be making friends, meeting new people, going to parties, making enemies, learning new aspects of life, and... discovering love. I never regret falling in love with Aiden, not even once. I wished every day that we had an alternate ending, where we would have our happily ever after, perhaps destiny had some other plans for us, which might not seem favorable that day but when I think today it was the best thing ever happened. So much I lost and so much I have earned in this short period I spend away from home, and I will always be grateful for that.

I headed to the kitchen; I didn't tell my mother about my intention of shifting to England until now when it needed to be said.

I couldn't leave without telling her.

She wouldn't allow me to leave her, but this time, I was prepared for her disapproval. I was ready to fight her.

I saw her watching television in the hall, hearing the sound of my footsteps, she averted her gaze from the television and fastened with mine.

" Where are you going?" she asked, eyeing my suitcase.

"England." Without beating around bushes, I straight away answered.

"What!?" she inquired, looking perplexed.

"I am going to England; I received an internship there," I explained to her.

Silence.

There were no shouts and whimpers nor curses and insults, but a sheer farewell with words that were sharper than a knife, colder than ice, sadder than the tears, the sullen winter weeps.

"If you stepped out from this house today, just remember that this house door will forever be close for you, forget that you ever had a mother."

My lips trembled as tears pooled in my eyes. How could she do this to me?

"It was Dad's dream, you remember he always wanted me to work with Roosevelt ambiance, I am doing it for him," her eyes softened for a moment before the coldness again glazed over them.

"I have made myself clear," she said looking straight.

Her decision was decisive and so was mine. I was going to England and nothing could stop me. I felt like a selfish person, who wasn't concern about others' feelings. Everyone thought England was the wrong decision for me but this wrong choice was the most righteous decision I ever made.

"Okay," I wiped the moisture which glazed on my cheeks," I will respect your decision, goodbye mother." With that I picked up the suitcase and walk out of the house, I hoped that she come out and bid me goodbye and say how proud of me

But nothing happened. She never came.

I started a new journey leaving behind the old people.

"I love you, Erasmus," Celestine stared at Erasmus, ardently. "Thank you for not giving up on me."

The atmosphere of the chamber was filled with vehement, Erasmus's fingers caressing her cheeks gently like falling snow. His eyes behold the adoration when he addressed his beloved.

"I can't lose hope in you, Celestine. I hope to smother in the depths of death, before I shall stop loving you."

Celestine smiled.

"Perhaps there are myriads of obstructions against us, however, there shall not be a twilight where I shall not moan to be with you again, it will be our love that would strengthen my courage and motivate my discretion, that one day we shall meet again and when the day will arrive, I couldn't be more buoyant, I hope that time shall not wither the passion once we had."

Her innocence was the chief characteristic that made Erasmus fall for her and merely gazing at her, his heart dancing in the most melodious rhythm. Even though for epoch, they have to part away from each other, and that rose the mayhem inside him, he knows that was required. To have eternity together there needed a juncture of distance away.

"I pray that fate will always collide our way." With that he pulled Celestine against him and placed his lips on her into a passionate kiss.

Goodbyes are not always indicated losing the person rather it's the rapture of time for anticipating a new degree of connection.

It was not the end of their story; it was a beginning.

Yes, fairytales do happen, just when you think you are losing the grip on everything, out of nowhere a miracle emerged to steer your path, to protect you from your fears, to catch you before you fall on the ground and...just to give your story a happy ending.

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The End.

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