Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 409:

“Brian, let go. Let’s not drag this out any longer.”

This time, her voice held no anger, just quiet acceptance.

“I loved you so much, but some things just aren’t meant to be.”

“So, you’re really walking away from me?” For once, Brian’s eyes were calm too.

“Yes.”

“You’re not afraid I’ll choose Tracy? That I’ll marry her?”

Even after all this time, hearing that still stung. But this time, she managed to smile.

“Yes. I truly hope you’re happy.”

Brian kept pushing. “You’re not scared I’ll forget you? That I won’t even remember your face?”

her smile never wavered. “That’s okay. It’s only fair. You were never really mine anyway—you always had her on

say those words, nor would he

to think about

an intensity in his

Rachel replied.

“Give me five minutes.”

expected him to take days, maybe even weeks,

softly. Without

night felt cold

dim light, making him look lonely. He placed a cigarette between his lips, lit it with a quick flick of his lighter, and

he exhaled slowly and leaned back against the

hard, swallowed her pride, and let her tears fall as she begged him to walk away. The Rachel he had known would never have done that. She used to

the aisle toward him, and slip on the perfect diamond ring. She had wanted to be his wife. She had wanted to have children

like the blink of an eye, she had changed her

couldn’t describe the emotion stirring

much he tried to push it away, the image of her