Dear Love: The Spring I May Never See

glance, not even a brief one, at the face behind the expensive suit and leather shoes that looked so flawless under the d

e were nothing more than a statue that adorned the silence of the alley. No wo

to melt the distance between them. It was as if the silence itself was an invisib

ain by the white flakes falling from the sky. Once again, they parted without a single word, like two

emained, a mute witness to

e best services, and a large sign reading "Montan Ho

he headed straight for the ICU ward where her grandmother was being treated. However, oddly enough, the familiar

family recovers soon," Ann said sof

urprised but quickly calmed down and packed up

ventilators echoed through the ICU. Not finding her grandmother, Ann finally made her way to the nurse station and politel

es. Their smiles vanished upon hearing the request, but one of them quickl

watching the nurse as she gl

looked up, turned her head, and saw a nurse walking toward her with a calm stride. The nurse exhaled soft

tacted your number on November 12,

n's face turned pale as snow, her cheeks reddening. Her nose and ears felt

nn was now clutching tightly in her hands, which were trembling. Ann lowered her gaze, her f

ched, her eyes vacant, as though the world that had once been so alive had now disappeared.

is on the letter, and-" The sentence stopped when Ann turned, her steps quick and silent. The nurse could only sigh as she watched Ann disapp

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!" A male driver shouted loudly at the girl who was running after receiving his bu

ollowed the information on the worn piece of paper, moving further until her

d say. All that she wanted to express, all that she wanted to ask, was now buried with the one who should have heard

've been wai

t. She wanted to tell her everything: about the hardships they faced, about her father, who never complained even as the world kept weighing him down. She w

dy. Reality hit her-flat and cold. After her grandmother's departure, there wa

m sorry, Grandma, p

stopping, soaking her cheeks, frozen by the cold air. She bowed, letting the pain she had been holding back break free in the s

eaving Ann alone with a woun

buzz..

k at the phone in her hand. She took a deep breath and stepped away from the grave, the snow continuing to fall, t

top. She sat and leaned against the sturdy wall

that had once witnessed the happiness of her family. But now, she was the only one left-her father and g

Ann muttered, her face feel

ept outside, she wouldn't get sick the next day. Ann usually made compresses only f

bang..

e whole room. The sound was followed by a

door. I know yo