Their Guy

Chapter 43

Leandrea's POV

Shattered.

That's what I felt.

That's what I was.

Everything I ever had and loved - taken away from me and destroyed.

It was like a part of my heart had stopped beating. The part she lived in.

I couldn't breathe, I couldn't stand, I couldn't live anylonger.

It felt like the sun had just died. All the beauty of the world sapped along with it.

My parents were clutching each other and sobbing for the daughter they lost to death and a part of their parenthood that had died with her. They would never hear her voice call them parents again.

Then there was Ryden, the one who'd been there for her through all her pain, forcing his heart to change it's rhythm to beat in sync with her's. He couldn't deny that he'd grown fond of her over that time. He'd lost his family as a child and now he'd grown up into a man only to lose her too.

And then fallen on the ground beside him was me.

What had I lost? A twin? A friend? A heart?

I'd lost my life.

Marlene had meant everything to me. I didn't know a life without her.

I'd grown so used to her always being there by my side, I didn't know how to breathe without her, how to live, how to love, how to laugh.

"Baby," my mom said placing her hand on my shoulder. Her eyes - Marlene's - reflected the deepest sorrow. She'd lost her child too. "She's gone baby."

I flung myself on her as we cried into each other's shoulders joined by my father, each of us struggling to find a foothold, to get a grip on life.

Marlene tied us together. And now she was gone.

"Mr Taites," Dr. Stone coughed as we slowly parted. I could see the sorrow in her too. She'd seen so many people surrender their lives to cancer but no one as young and undeserving as Marlene. "I'm sorry we couldn't save her. Her body rejected the transfer."

"Thanks for all you've done doctor," my parents said thanking her.

"Her last words before we injected her with the anesthesia were your names," Dr. Stone said looking towards me and Ryden with a sad smile. "Leandrea and Ryden."

Ryden was still standing against the wall staring at her lifeless body. His eyes had darkened to a dark green as a tear slided down his high cheekbones.

"She's dead Leandrea," he said, making my heart break as he pulled me towards his hard chest in an embrace. "She's dead and it's my fault.  If I hadn't been drunk, I could've gotten her home safely and this would never happen."

I wanted to console him. Tell him it was alright, but I couldn't. Marlene had taken everything away from us with her, leaving us all lifeless.

She'd made me promise that I'd start a new life with Ryden and make everyone happy, but how could I?

How could I be happy anymore?

How could I start a life with anyone?

How could I even live?

That was the answer, I couldn't.

I didn't know how to. My mind was blank and broken, unable to think what to do next.

What was a life worth if Marlene wasn't in it?

I missed her. I wanted my sister back! But I couldn't, I never would.

There was only one way, I realized. And I was going to take that road.

I unwrapped myself from Ryden and glanced through the glass again.

I'm coming Marlene.

I left my family and Ryden behind and ran down the corridor, trying to run away from all the shadows chasing me.

No one stopped me, no one cared.

I found the emergency staircase and ran upwards as fast as my feet could take me.

My mind was screaming and telling me that what I was going to do was wrong and irreversible, but my heart didn't care. It only wanted to find it's broken half.

My legs were exhausted when I finally reached the final 23rd floor of the hospital. A little more I urged myself on. Thankfully the terrace door was open and I sighed as I unlocked it and stepped into the strong wind.

I remembered coming here a couple of times during Marlene's many appointments and each time I'd been amazed at the sight of the little town before my eyes. Now it just seemed like an ordinary expanse of humanity.

So many lifes all interconnected with each other.

Marlene had died and killed a million people emotionally with her.

As I took another step towards the edge, I looked at drop before me. Anyone who fell, would die instantly.

I thought of all the people I cared about.

My parents, my friends, Ryden.

Would they cry if I died or would Marlene's death overshadow mine?

It didn't matter. Nothing did.

Marlene and I were twins. We  were born together, we laughed together, celebrated together, cried together and broke together and we would die together too.

She couldn't leave my broken soul to cry and die alone.

I was now standing right at the edge of the building and Marlene was just a few steps away.

Would I miss this life I'd been given? Yes.

But it seemed meaningless with her gone. I wanted to be with Marlene.

"Goodbye," I said hoping that my parents and friends heard me. "I love you guys. But I loved her more."

And breathing my last, I stepped off the edge and surrendered myself to the arms of death.

AUTHORS NOTE: I honestly have nothing to say. Kill me if you like.

I appreciate all the support I got throughout this book and I'm sad that the story had to end this way, but trust me I love you guys.

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