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, her

found

Aly,” Landon said softly, his voice

didn’t turn, her shoulders trembling with quiet cries. The sound tugged at Landon’s teenage heart, a flicker of

crying, okay? I’ll lay off you from now

heal the wound of losing her

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He just sat beside her, silent, keeping her company as she cried from sunset until the

black.

finally found them,

face and ran

“Mom, I’m here!”

as glance back at

time after that, the two hardly

paths again, Alyssa was different. She was quieter and

and could sense Alyssa’s growing

others threw a big birthday bash

Luna clashed, and Alyssa stormed off, locking

She felt small, forgotten.

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was Thanksgiving, and her parents were

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found.

family was fawning over the person

on her bed, Alyssa’s eyes welled up

used to scoff at Luna’s tears.

different.

sudden knock at her window

out, she saw Landon perched outside. She flung open the window, and Landon climbed in,

a heist?” Alyssa quipped,

clouds, Alyssa. I brought you some turkey. It is my mom’s recipe.

the food, her throat tightening

flash of panic in his eyes. “Whoa, you crying because you’re that

snapped, though the

more like an attempt

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bite of the turkey, then tilted her head. “Why

head, a sheepish grin spreading.

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

her lip, watching him clamber back out the

after him.

tossing her

the first time she had willingly thanked

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

with the acrobatics?”

jump. Thought I’d see how far I could

he

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Alyssa, but she was already asleep, so he

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to herself, opening

at school,”

“Board? And who’s gonna bake you those

Luna. She drives me up the wall, and I don’t

sighed, softening, “What’s got you

unable to pin down one reason among

put,” Allen said firmly. “You don’t have

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