Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 449:

“What about you, Rachel? Are you married? Do you have someone special in your life?”

“No, not at the moment,” Rachel answered simply.

Myrna gave her a reassuring smile. “Don’t rush. Be patient. Huey and I endured so much before we found our way back to each other. Rachel, believe me—the one who truly loves you will find their way to you, no matter the storms, no matter the distance. When they do, they’ll hold your hand through every step of life.”

Rachel nodded, offering a small smile, but said nothing more. She didn’t have the heart to say anything pessimistic to someone facing such a battle.

Yet, deep down, she couldn’t shake the thought that perhaps such love was not meant for her.

Just then, Rachel’s phone buzzed, pulling her from her thoughts. Seeing the caller ID, she realized it was an important work call regarding key data. She stepped into the stairwell to take it.

As she ended the call, a faint sound reached her ears—soft, broken…

Was someone crying?

she dismissed it as

mistaken. She stepped down the stairs slightly

It was Huey.

the corner, his head lowered, his whole

the floor around him was littered with cigarette butts—a silent testament to how

were coming from

the

imagined that Huey, who always seemed so calm and gentle around Myrna, was

been for Myrna, to keep

could break down like this, unseen, unheard—his

his private

best to walk away, pretending

leave, but the moment she took her first step, the silence of the stairwell betrayed her—a faint but unavoidable sound echoed beneath her

to keep moving, acting