Chapter 309 Epilogue: Landon and Alyssa I

The night before Lucien left, he felt like drowning his thoughts

in a bottle.

Drinking alone was too dreary, so he called up Landon, who seemed just as weighed down by his own troubles.

“Lucien, tell me, what’s so wrong with me? Why doesn’t she see me?” Landon grumbled, swirling his glass.

Lucien shot him a sidelong glance, a wry smirk tugging at his lips.

In his mind, he scoffed. If he couldn’t win over the woman he loved, it was no surprise Landon was striking out.

“Who’s got you all twisted up?” Lucien asked, his curiosity piqued.

Landon glanced at him, hesitating, then dodged the question.

“What about you? Got your heart in knots too?”

Lucien didn’t answer, just poured himself another drink, the amber liquid catching the light.

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Both men sat, wrapped in their private aches, glasses clinking

in a wordless toast to their shared misery.

Their only plan for the night was to drink until the world blurred.

Landon caved first, slumping over the table, mumbling Alyssa’s name as the driver helped him stumble back to his apartment.

No one was there to catch the quiet confession of his lonely heart.

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Alyssa and Landon had been at each other’s throats since they were kids.

To Alyssa, Landon was the pettiest guy she knew.

Older by years, he never let her win–not at games, not at anything.

As kids, he’d swipe her toys; as they grew, his teasing only got sharper.

From her earliest memories, Landon held the top spot on her list of people she couldn’t stand.

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Then came the day her mother returned, her face pale and

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broken.

“Alyssa, your father… there’s been a car accident. He didn’t

survive.”

Alyssa’s world collapsed.

She’d been counting on her dad to bring home that new doll she’d begged for. How could he be gone? They’d just talked yesterday, laughing over the phone.

At the funeral, for once, Landon didn’t poke fun.

black, Alyssa huddled in a corner out of her mother’s sight,

found her

said softly, his voice almost a

turn, her shoulders trembling with quiet cries. The sound tugged at Landon’s teenage heart, a

okay? I’ll lay off you from now on,”

words could heal the wound

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didn’t try again. He just sat beside her, silent, keeping her company as she

black.

finally found them, Alyssa

face and ran

“Mom, I’m here!”

so much as

a long time after that, the

quieter and more withdrawn. The fearless, mischievous little

remarriage and could sense

others threw a big birthday

and Alyssa stormed off, locking herself in her

She felt small, forgotten.

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and her parents were nowhere to

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found.

over the person

her bed, Alyssa’s

used to scoff at Luna’s tears. Now, she felt

different.

at her

out, she saw Landon perched outside. She flung open the

Alyssa

head out of the clouds, Alyssa. I brought you

her throat tightening as tears

in his eyes.

though

more like an

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the turkey, then tilted her head. “Why the window? What’s with the

grin spreading. “Thought it’d be more…

Eat up, and no more waterworks, got it?” he

bit her lip, watching him clamber back out the window

after him.

sill, tossing her a soft

first time

from the window, his face a mix of amusement and confusion. “Landon,

with the acrobatics?”

for the long jump. Thought I’d see how far I could go starting from

he called, striding

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on Alyssa, but she was already asleep, so he

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home, Alyssa kept to herself, opening up only to her grandfather,

want to board at school,” she said, her voice sweet

eyes widened in mock outrage. “Board? And who’s gonna bake

She drives me up the wall, and I don’t want to deal with

got you

like her,” Alyssa mumbled, unable to pin down one

have to hang out with her. You’ve got me,

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