Alle Kapitel von Ten Days to Goodbye: Kapitel 1 – Kapitel 8

When I walked out of my room early the next morning, Alex was already making breakfast.As if nothing had happened, he smiled and said, "Good morning. Come have breakfast."I glanced at the food on the table and said tiredly, "I'm allergic to eggs."He had been spreading mayonnaise on the toast. When he heard that, he froze. Then he threw the slice of toast in front of me into the trash. "I forgot. Then go grab something outside."I gave a quiet "okay" and turned to leave when Alex suddenly asked, "Don't you think we've become strange? Charlotte, we're like strangers."I looked into his distant eyes and laughed bitterly. "No. Strangers don't argue. We're worse than strangers. But whose fault is that? Mine?"After I asked, neither of us spoke.We stood there facing each other, and neither one of us was willing to give in.In the end, his phone rang and broke the silence.He answered with a blank expression. "Okay, Grandpa. Charlotte and I will be there on time."After hanging up, he ru

"Charlotte, I'm back. Don't worry. I'm here now. I'll take care of everything."Hearing his voice through the phone filled my heart with emotion.Too much time had passed. So much that I had forgotten how many years it had been since Alex had spoken my name with such warmth.On the other end of the call, Charlotte simply replied coldly, "Thank you."The younger Alex sounded hurt. "Charlotte, why are you thanking me all of a sudden?"When Charlotte didn't answer, he didn't press her. Instead, he urged the doctor to prepare the surgery as quickly as possible.A little while later, she finally pulled the phone out from under her blanket. "After my surgery is over, I'll leave. I won't be there for the proposal."I nodded, feeling as if a heavy weight had finally been lifted.When I got home, Alex came upstairs with Lydia, who was still crying.He grabbed my wrist angrily."Did you tell Grandpa about Lydia and me?"His grip hurt.Years ago, I had injured this same wrist while saving him in

The people in the wedding portrait were no longer him and Charlotte. It was him and Lydia.Even the names engraved inside the wedding rings were his and Lydia's.For the first time in his life, Alex began to doubt himself. He wondered if he had really gone insane.He even wondered if Felix was right. Maybe Charlotte had rejected his proposal, and he had lost his mind because of it.But that thought lasted only a second before he rejected it.No one knew better than he did what he and Charlotte had shared over the past ten years.They had watched countless sunrises and sunsets together. They had traveled the world, ridden in hot air balloons, and watched the northern lights.Those beautiful memories came rushing back.Those years with Charlotte had truly been the happiest years of his life.But somehow, everything had changed.Now she had completely disappeared from his life.Alex collapsed onto the couch. He buried his head in his hands, looking completely hopeless.He couldn't unders

Alex was overwhelmed with emotion. It felt as though the woman he had missed for five long years was finally standing before him again.He didn't even know how he had survived nearly 2,000 lonely nights during those five years.He had sent Lydia overseas. Felix had been so angry with him that he never wanted to see him again. Everyone said he had gone crazy. Sometimes, even Alex wondered if everything had been nothing more than a dream.But now, when he saw the same complicated emotions in Charlotte's eyes, he finally knew it had all been real.The more he thought about it, the redder his eyes became. His heart ached."I thought I'd never see you again."I already understood what he was feeling, so I turned to Christopher."You should go inside first. I'll talk to him for a while."Christopher pressed his lips together and nodded. "Okay."Only then did Alex notice that Christopher and I were still holding hands. Shock and heartbreak filled his face.The night was quiet. We simply look