The Love that Never Really Dies (Sasha and Sebastian)

Sasha was speechless.

She dried the tears on her cheeks and turned to look at the person who had sat down next to her. She was surprised to find that he was just a young boy.

His clothes were shabby and well-worn, and a guitar was strapped across his back.

“What’s with that look? Is a wandering singer like me unworthy of sitting next to you?

“Huh?” Sasha immediately shook her head. “No, no! You just reminded me of my younger brother, that’s all.”

Her “brother”; the one who had impersonated as Lance on Wall Street.

Sasha felt like crying again at that thought.

The boy saw her expression change and quickly started strumming on his guitar. “Shall I play you a song? Maybe you’ll feel better after some tunes…”

“Will I really?”

“Of course! Just listen and see!”

Then, the boy, who Sasha noticed was rather handsome, began to play a melody.

“Now that I am a man,

I can only keep running,

No matter how scared I am,

Running through the darkness,

Hello, tomorrow,

Smile through your tears,

will be a better

the subway, sounding strangely familiar. Sasha just listened as he sang. She suddenly understood

all the years of my life, how could I let man and a divorce crush me like this? I don’t belong to him; he’s not my master! Why does he always have the final say in everything? Back then, we got together because he wanted to get together, and now, we’re getting divorced because he wanted a divorce. I won’t let him do this

suddenly felt enlightened. Her entire being came

smiled when he saw the change in her expression. “Do you feel

fervently. “Yes, I do! Thank you! Well, I’ll be going now. Thank you

a wad of bills from her pocket and gratefully pressed them

him. She had to hurry back home. She wanted to get her children, pack up, and move as soon as

she had brought her three

of their belongings. She had protested and said she was insane for moving when Christmas was

and instead, had brought

let’s go! Let’s celebrate Christmas there together. Besides, you’ve never been there, right? We’ll clean up the place

Sabrina had asked in

had scooped up Vivian, who was lagging behind, and both of them had gotten into

smiled and shook

children spent the entire afternoon cleaning up the villa in Frontier Bay.

I’m hungry. When

hungry? Okay, Mommy will get you some food right away. Wait a

pulled out the groceries that she brought with her earlier, and

around the time when Sebastian would usually be coming home, she

shall we give Daddy a surprise? Let’s turn off all the lights now. We’ll only turn it