Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 248

I watched the man walk away, standing in the cold wind that seemed to cut through me. Wrapping my thin shawl tighter, I continued walking, my heels clicking softly against the pavement.

The streetlights flickered, casting an orange glow that stretched my shadow behind me, a lonely figure against the darkening night.

cashmere carpet were slow,

It wasn't far to my place, and when I finally got home, I first kicked off the shoes that had been digging into my feet. My steps on the cashmere my teet aching, leaving faint spots of blood that dotted the soft surface like tiny blossoms.

tused alcohol and cotton swabs to clean the wound with an antiseptic solution. Gritting my teeth, I cleaned the wounds, biting back the sting before finally covering the worst of it with a bandage.

My eyelids felt impossibly heavy. I couldn't right the exhaustion any longer, and soon, I let my eyes drift shut.

warmth-gentle and soothing, like the sun on a quiet afternoon. A soft, blurry figure appeared in front of me. Slowly, it took shape, and I saw het-Grandma, walking toward me with

that time when everything was simple, when she was healthy, when she was by my side, malding everything feel

a gentle fog

find her again, but she was gone. It felt like a fleeting gift from the heavens, one

with tears. My swollen

endless rainstorm had settled over my heart, one that would

at the puffy, red eyes in the mirror.

nothing I could do to fix

my phone rang, pulling me back into the present. Wincing from the pain

surprised by the call but not entirely shocked. We were often apart now, relying on these calls to keep our connection alive. "Eve, did you miss me?" Lyla's voice came through