Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 701:

Then, a voice shattered the silence.

“Rachel?” The voice was urgent, relieved, and instantly recognizable.

It was Brian.

Even after more than a month apart, his voice was etched in her mind. Rachel knew his voice the second she heard it.

She froze, then jumped up, ready to run without thinking twice. “Carol, I promise I’ll be back,” she whispered before turning to leave in a hurry.

But Brian was fast, right behind her.

Within seconds, he grabbed her wrist, blocking her path.

still dressed in black. His

at her, afraid to even blink, as if she might disappear if he did. Fear gripped him—fear that she wasn’t real, that this was just a cruel illusion, a dream

split second, Rachel stood completely still, forgetting she

again and again. After what felt like forever,

Rachel

R𝒆𝓐𝓓 𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝒏𝑬𝒙𝑻 g𝓪l𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝓈.𝒸o𝓂

much, and I thought… if you were still alive, you’d come. So I stayed. I waited, just in case. Maybe

was beyond

out of it. She shoved

she’d have to struggle or even call Yvonne for help. After all, she had never been able to

just one hard push. Without wasting a second, she turned and ran. She had only

to see Brian collapse,

herself, resolved to