The Unwanted Image

Chapter 34: Farewell

Song: Let Her Go
By: Passenger
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Monday, May 16

Emily's POV

I was preparing to go to school and hopefully see Heather if she's alright. It's Math class with Mr. Boreden, the class she hated the most. It was rollcall and it was at the bottom of the list already.

"Heather Ariel Williams?" he asked out and her seat was empty. Was she sick?
Then, I heard the most unexpected thing.

"Oh, right... She's moving to another region..." he said lowly, but I heard it clearly.

"What?!" I yelled out, at the same time as Christopher and we looked at each in shock. "What you mean?!"

"You didn't hear from your friend?" he asked confused. "Yeah, she's moving... She's leaving today I believe..."

"Oh my god... She didn't say anything to us...." I cried out and started to sniffle onto my table. Christopher held my hand and cuddled with me, feeling sad as well. "W-Why...?" I asked so devastated.

"W-Wait... Where's Russell Bryn Steele?" Mr. Boreden asked afterwards and we noticed he was not there as well.

"How about he doesn't know about it? He's going to be the worst!" I cried out onto Christopher's chest. He frowned softly and held me tightly. "She should've told him... I know..."

"I hope..." I said sadly and sniffled more.

Russell's POV

"I'm skipping school today!" I announced to my parents, even if I knew they wouldn't care much about me anyway. I needed some answers! Out of nowhere, she announced to me like that and hung up on me!

Flashback:

"W-What you mean?!" I asked, frustrated and angry towards her on the phone.

"Russell, I'm sorry... But this is the only way I can solve my problem... I'm very sorry..." she replied to me, crying more then I was.

"Y-You can't! I love you, you can't leave me like this!"

"Bryn... Please, don't make this harder for me..." Heather told me and her voice croaked more. "I-I have to go... Goodbye..." she said and hung up on me.

I let go of my phone and started to to cuddle my pillow and buried my face onto it, muffling my cries onto it.

"I'm in a nightmare... Wake up, Russell!" I cried out and denied the fact it's true. And... Nothing happened...

End of Flashback

I need to talk to her before she leaves. So, I went straight to her house and checked if her family and Emilia were still there. When I arrived, the paparazzis were still circling around the house.

"They're gone?!" one of them yelled out.

"You didn't hear? They're going on a private jet to leave! We couldn't get anything, since it's tight on security!"