Chapter 0395

Chapter 0395

Noah

The night before…

Noah’s hands trembled as he stared at the photo strip, his eyes wide with disbelief. The images before him told a story he couldn’t remember living, and yet every fiber of his being recognized them as true. There he was, years younger, his arm draped casually around Hannah’s shoulders, both of them grinning widely at the camera.

“Adam,” Noah’s voice was hoarse as he turned to the boy. “You said these belong to your mommy?”

Adam looked up at him with innocent eyes. “Mhm. She looks at them a lot when she thinks I’m not watching.” He tilted his head, curious. “Why do you look so funny in the pictures? You look so different.”

Noah swallowed hard, his throat suddenly dry. “I… I don’t know, buddy.” He crouched and rifled through the box, finding more photos, letters, and small mementos. Each item seemed to chip away at a wall in his mind, revealing glimpses of memories he didn’t even know he had.

As he unfolded one of the letters, Noah’s breath caught in his throat. Hannah’s familiar handwriting filled the page:

passing day. The summer we spent together feels like a beautiful dream, and I can’t wait until we

burned as he read on, the letter detailing shared experiences and inside jokes he couldn’t recall, and yet

at this one,” Adam said, holding up a little seashell that caught the light, faded pinks and blues like a sunrise. A thin leather strap had been threaded through a

Noah. She… She had picked that one out for him, one day, while they were walking on the beach. He took the shell

Doesn’t it look


clearly–a blissful summer spent with Hannah, stolen moments and secret smiles. He remembered the thrill of receiving her letters, the late–night phone calls

had convinced him to sneak in against his father’s wishes. She

picked up another photo. It was of him and Hannah at some formal event, both looking slightly

clear away the fog to remember that night. He remembered it all too

the night their parents had announced

He had thought it strange then, wondering how this girl he had never met could look at him with such warmth.

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been so

had met her before. He had loved

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