Missing in My Life (Fourth Book in Life Series)

Epilogue

"I had to get over [him]. For months now, a stone had been sitting on my heart. I'd shed a lot of tears over [him], lost a lot of sleep, eaten a lot of cake batter. Somehow, I had to move on. [Life] would be hell if I didn't shake loose from the grip he had on my heart. I most definitely didn't want to keep feeling this way, alone in a love affair meant for two. Even if he'd felt like The One. Even if I'd always thought we'd end up together. Even if he still had a choke chain on my heart." ~ Kirsten Higgins

Ashton

They say that you will get over it when someone breaks your heart. My heart has been broken for seven months, ten days, and three hours. I can't stop thinking of him. I don't think that I will ever get over it. When I see him around town or at the farm, I look away to hide my tears from him. But I know that I am not the only one who feels the immense pain. I see his pain too. We aren't the same people anymore. But I need to escape this town of Guntersville, Alabama. I need to start over where no one knows me. 

I slide my suitcases into my car early in the morning, a week after graduation. The sun has barely risen in the horizon. I quickly say goodbye to my family before leaving the place I once called home. 

I drive and drive and drive some more. I drive by cattle, I drive by the cities, I drive by a car accident, I drive by traffic. I drive for almost ten hours, until I arrive in Charlotte, North Carolina. The place where I now will call my home. 

The sequel to this book is called, Be in My Life. I hope you enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed writing it!