Eighteen Days to Forget You

he rain. She felt drowsy and heavy. After a hot showe

sion. She was already getting used to it. She no lon

in

She picked it up and saw it was f

on August 25th. Remember to bring all your documents and mate

dar. She murmured to herself, "Only

from now had an entry: [Ja

s the best birthday gi

g sure she had everything. Then she packed up all the old things she

the items and preparing to pack th

ked, his eyes on the pil

courier to take the bags first. "I arranged for old cloth

Alayna was different lately, but he couldn't quite figure out what had changed. A

rtments downtown," he said, changing the subject.

Blue Sea Apartments, without he

isha's things, preparing to leave again. On impulse, she a

every single year. This year would have been the tenth year. Te

for ten years. She wanted

ling to commit. He pushed his su

osing made Alayna's heart trem

he love letters she had written to him. But when she opened it, the drawer was empty. She had already

d and gently opened it. The yellowed pages

iform, holding her hand, sayin

phy, hanging the gold medal around her neck.

control, sending a thornless rose over to her table. He had sai

a memory etched

he would scrape those memories

ed that every year on Jarrett's birthday, she would secretly draw a picture

in the drawing would be

genuinely wis

stroke, with great care. She didn

he sound of a key

oom and saw Jarrett stumble in.

much?" Seeing his unsteady step

naturally around her waist. The strong scent of alcohol

o create some distance, but the next mom

fueled kiss landed forcefully on her lips. He knew exactly who she was