When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 30

Chapter 30 The Day She Chose to Leave

The immigration officer finally let out a breath of relief when Jensen confirmed his connection to Natalie.

“Mr. Luke, Miss Natalie Summers had filed an application for travel documents with us. Everything’s approved now, but we haven’t been able to contact her. Should we mail it to her home or will you pick it up?”

Jensen froze.

“Travel documents? When did she apply?”

“Ten days ago.”

The words hit him like a brick.

Ten days ago? That was the day.

The day he married Sharon.

The day he left Natalie behind on her birthday.

He felt a sharp chill crawl up his spine.

“And… how did she look that day? Was she okay?”

The officer sounded slightly puzzled. “I’m sorry, Mr. Luke. We handle too many clients each day to recall individuals clearly.”

Jensen didn’t press further. He ended the call.


“Take me home.”

Since Natalie’s death, he’d been holed up at the hospital. A part of him couldn’t face going back to their shared space

the pain was too sharp.

—

But now… now he needed to go back.

needed to see everything they

Natalie… Natalie was the

always been

–

bleeding in the Summers family’s backyard – he’d wanted to protect her, to be

let Sharon drag him into that street

he’d been young, impulsive, and a little too

She loved danger


—

thrill, the spotlight.

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had been shy, like a touch-me-not. Sharon had burned like

He raced to impress her, to

did, Sharon disappeared. Left the country. Went

Only Natalie had stayed.

to save him. She sacrificed

only returned when he was on the brink of death – to donate a rib. That

the love? That had always belonged

years, everything he gave

—

the


–

was always for

Wasn’t that enough?

called home for five years, Jensen opened the door and instantly knew something was

Something was missing.

it: the wind chime by the

the thousand paper cranes Natalie had folded by hand

a wind chime and hung it there – not for show, but as

cranes weren’t worth much, not like the expensive gifts

They were them.

they

took down the

tore through the penthouse like a


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