Chapter 77 - From His Heart (1/2)

Every storm in life passes with time except for those storms that had brewed within our hearts. Those storms tend to bury themselves deep in our bones in silence. But a single tickle of sound is all it takes for those raging storms to start all over again. However, whether those storms pass or stay, we are called humans because we have a strong sense of survival.

Haruki Murakami once said, 'One thing is certain. When you walk out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in.'

And that is the real truth. Because words often can't teach us what a single storm can. But trust me, a storm can't break you as words can.

Xiu was once broken by words and she chose to embrace the silence of death. She chose to leave the world with her imperfect desires and her imperfect self. However, heaven had bestowed her with some mercy. Whatever the reason might be, but she was offered another chance.

She was given a chance to live the life of another.

But heaven didn't seem to have any mercy for Darren. He watched her dying right in front of his eyes. She took her last breath with her hand in his. How tormenting and traumatizing it was, only he knew himself.

Xiu broke her every connection that could lead her to the life Chen Xiu lived. She spent five years just trying to become Bai Xiu. A new version of herself.

But Darren had been stuck at where she left. He had spent five years in agony. He neither could get over her nor move on. He couldn't even lose his feelings for her. No matter how hard he tried he still couldn't walk away from her memories. Nevertheless, he had to do what was best. He had to smile for everyone.

Clutching his chest, he was sobbing unceasingly all alone behind the curtain of the dark rainy night. Lashes heavy with tears and no one to hear the howls of his misery. That once burning pain of his had turned into an icy numbness with time. But there was still that rawness in his crying and pain.

He still held her last note in his hands. He had kept it safe for all this time. Looking at it, he hiccuped and said, ”You always said you wanted a dramatic exit from this world. A dramatic, tragic, saddening and unforgettable exit. Are you happy to have your unforgettable ending?”

That's what Xiu really loved in life. She always loved the stories that ended in tragedies. According to her, they were closer to reality. Even though she wished for a happy ending in life but she always used to say that happy endings don't leave that long lasting effect. Being an actress for life gave her a desire for a dramatic twist. Who knew, she was her own dramatic twist.

'She had left without a warning

She wore the cloak of a grave

with a goodbye

Life was so precious to her that

it made one wonder the depth of

her pain.

She was gone too fast

leaving the memories of past

He couldn't hold her in the darkness of life

But he couldn't let her leave from his heart.'

In the empty apartment, the sound of his cellphone made him open his eyes back to the harsh reality. Getting up, he wiped his face, came out to the sitting area and drank a mouthful of water before accepting the call.

”Why are you calling me so late at night?”