The Heartbreak Prescription by Glazed Snow

Halsey stood frozen for a moment, then slowly turned and walked away. She and the masked man drifted apart, heading in opposite directions until they

disappeared from each other's sight.

Back at home, Madeline came running out. "Halsey, you're back!"

Slightly surprised, Halsey smiled and pulled Madeline into a warm hug. "What are you doing home today?" Madeline beamed. "We got a day off from the team, so I came back."

"That's great. I'll have Isabel make some of your favorite dishes-you're still growing, after all."

"I saw you through the window, walking with your head down. You seemed bothered. Didn't you go out with Wendy today? Did something happen?"

Three years had passed since they had last seen each other. Madeline had grown from a middle school girl into a graceful eighteen-year-old. As a brilliant young researcher, she could tell something was wrong with Halsey's mood./1

Halsey forced a small smile. “I saw Dwight today...'

He's been gone

didn't actually see him. I only saw someone who

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eyes faded quickly. After their mother passed away, Dwight was the only family she had left; but he suddenly vanished, and no one

think Dwight went? Why hasn't he come back to us in all these years?"

where he is, or why he never came

the world, never to

he know there were people out

stood quietly. He was the

reveal himself to Halsey. His face had changed beyond recognition, and she couldn't even

cliff with his car and was rescued by villagers nearby. He had suffered severe injuries and spent a long time recovering. Though he survived, his

years, he often heard news about Madeline-how she won state-level awards, went abroad to win prizes, got into Stanfern University in the Capital, and was now working

had raised his sister, doing

stood silently outside the villa. Inside, the lights shone bright and warm.

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