Chapter 290 - It was all a dream. (2/2)

”Can we walk around here for a bit?” Lena asked.

”I am a little tired.”

”Why don't you sit here and I'll be gone for just a few minutes?”

”Okay.” Her mother replied.

Lena helped her mother find a good spot to sit before going to look around. She doesn't know what she was searching for... but she felt like she was closer to the hazy memories if she was here.

She walked around for a bit... but nothing happened. She turned around and walked back to where her mother was resting.

”Little girl.”

Lena stopped and turned around. ”Me?” And then she paused. 'It's her! The old lady!'

Lena rushed over the old lady's side and grabbed her hand. ”Do you know me? DO you remember me?”

”You are a blessed child.” The old lady replied.

”Yes! You told me that before. How do I go back?” Lena asked.

”If you defy your fate, you will suffer the consequences.”

”No.” Lena rejected her. ”Die and reborn, only then will your true soul be fully merged with the body. I already died and was reborn... why am I here? How do I go back?”

”Back? Why back? Your fate is here... there is no back. If you defy your fate, you will suffer the consequences.”

”You're saying that I died... got shot, fell in love, just to be back here?”

”Died? Love? How can you experience those if it was never real?”

Lena stepped backed from the old lady. 'No... no matter what everyone tells me... it was real. It is real!'

Lena turned her back and ran. It didn't matter where she was going... just somewhere far from here. She finally stopped when she was out of breath...

She didn't know where she was. She sat on the grass first... and then laid down on her back. She put a hand on her eyes and cried.

'This is a cruel joke that the universe is playing...'

”Die and reborn.... if I died... would I get to see you again?” Lena mumbled. But she knew things were not that easy... death is not something to joke nor play with.

She closed her eyes and tried to breathe.... in and out. 'Maybe if I only see him a dream, that's enough for me.'

”Why are you sleeping here?”

Lena heard a voice but she covered her ears. Why can't people just let her be peaceful for awhile longer... she wanted to imagine his face again and now she got interrupted.

'Focus... focus...' Lena kept her eyes shut.

There was a long silence and then Lena opened her eyes.

She smiled. 'Yeah... that's how you look like. I remember it now.'

She placed a hand on the cheeks of the man in front of her. 'This cheek, this lip... How can I ever forget you?'

”I miss you.” Lena chuckled.

”I miss you too.”