She was there, but never entirely. Her mind wandered where no one could follow - not even him. He loved her in all the ways he knew how, holding her laughter like a lifeline and her silences like secrets he hoped she'd one day share. But some stories aren't told - they unfold. And now he's left chasing echoes of a girl who always seemed half a step away from vanishing. She didn't leave him for someone else. She left because the silence inside her had grown louder than the world around her.