Chapter 29 Chapter 28

Melanie had finally known what everyone had been hiding from her, they all kept telling her it wasn't their story to tell but now she heard it from the owner of the story himself. She thought she'd feel relieved after hearing it but instead what she felt was guilt. She had always thought worse of the girl in her dreams, thinking she dumped Toby and left him heartbroken. She never thought that maybe the girl didn't have a say in it, maybe she was taken away unwillingly by fate. A tear rolled down her face, sorrow for the life wasted and the impact it left behind, a monster of a man who doesn't care about life anymore. Her death broke him more than anything else could and she felt his pain in that moment. "I'm sorry I didn't-" "Get out!" He said calmly. This time she didn't argue, nodding to his arms disallowing her passage, he removed them reluctantly. She walked to his couch ams picked up her bag, the sorrow she felt was draining all her strength from he