He'd gone beyond his player ways for her.
She'd grown beyond her traumatic past for him.
Together, their love was beyond.
Until one fatal accident.
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When she loses the love of her life in a car crash, Althea has nothing left in California...
I'm not looking for somebody with some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairy tale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can miss.'
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*ALTHEA'S POV*
October 22, 2023.
Today was the day. Today was Asher's birthday, and for the first time in years, I didn't have this numbing weight on my chest.
I could taste the oxygen reaching my lungs as I inhaled a deep breath, knocking on the painted door, and also feel it escaping me when a voice arose from the other side.
"Go away."
My fist faltered, and I didn't even get to open my mouth for another breath when it continued,
"I've already told you I don't want to see you, Caleb!"
"It's not Caleb. It's Althea. We've talked last night."
Silence. I could almost hear the disappointed fall of Sarah's shoulders from the other side of the door, and maybe her heart too.
It had been three days that Caleb hadn't shown up at her door, three days that he was giving her the distance she'd claimed she needed, and I knew it because I'd been the one who had advised him to do so.
People were often more open and forgiving when they had missed someone. I was the living proof of it, still being here and preparing everything for Asher's birthday, after all.
So Caleb wouldn't come back knocking at her door. He was waiting at a famous theme park, and hopefully, she would be the one joining.
But first, I had to get her ready and out of her bedroom, which wouldn't be easy, seeing her oversized hoodie and small, forced smile as she unlocked the door.
"Hi, I hope I don't bother?" I started, trying to bring the subject as naturally as possible.
"Hi, no, it's fine. I wasn't doing anything."
"Oh great, because I don't know if you've heard about the day trip today?" My lips rolled together before slowly stretching into a sheepish smile. "But with Oliver, we've come up with a little make-up workshop for the kids before, and we would really need some extra help."
"The trip to the theme park?" she asked, her gaze sliding to the fine chain at her wrist for a second, and from the longing in the hazel shades, I guessed who had gifted her the jewel, almost as easily as her answer to my next question.
