Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

Chapter 618

1 brought Hayden back to Kahmark

One evening as the sun melted into the horizon,

of growing old together

I

But I couldn't leave not yet I stayed, keeping him company, pretending he was still there

When I was a kid, I overheard my mom talking about how a person's sou dont just vanish after they

I die. She said it lingers for a while, staying close to the people it loved-especially for the first the something days

I didn't know if it was true, but I clung to the thought. I didn't want Hayden's soul to feel alone so stayed Watched over him until I felt like he was truly gone. Only then did I let myself think about leaving During those days, I cut myself off from the world. My phone stayed off I lived like Yuna used to-reading books, picking wildflowers, brewing tea from petals, and painting

I painted Hayden, again and again. Every stroke reminded me of the portraits Wayne had made of me hidden in that house.

Moming and night, I talked to Hayden like he could still hear me

dreams tonight, okay? Say the stuff you

should follow you, just to make it stop." "Hayden, I found this little bird today. It was all alone. I tried to feed it. Maybe I can save

"Hayden..."

hoping for an answer. But no one

like there was

side, the wind would

sunsets. On the 35th day after his death, I

the last day you're here?

I'll go back to work, back to normal life. And.... I'll face

lifting a strand of my

before I could stop them. In the month since Hayden's death, I'd barely cried. Only in

I reached for that strand of hair. "Hayden... is that you? You're here,

picked up again, ready and gente le

I stayed longer, unwilling to leave When ally

voice, soft and

eyes flew open. The moment save him, I wrapped thy arms

him,

here alone Go back be happy, Kik.

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just held onto him