WPOV
I looked for her everywhere. Physically and virtually everywhere. And I couldn't find her. This is not something I dealt with before. Nobody can disappear on me like that. There is always a trace, a plane ticket bought with credit card, new document, anything.
But not this time. I must admit she outsmarted me. I checked airports, train and bus stations. I even checked all the car rental companies and came up with nothing. Not a trace.
The way she left, I knew she didn't want me to follow her, but this doesn't mean I didn't try. And she knew that. She put all her efforts in disappearing and it worked. I, one of the five smartest people on this planet, couldn't find her.
When we met a week before in my apartment, I didn't imagine that she came to say good bye. Logically there was no reason to. Professionally, there was nothing we couldn't do when we worked together. And on a personal level all seemed good too. We were both enjoying this relationship. Or so I thought. But the words that came out were just the opposite. "I don't want to be with you anymore! I don't feel the same way Walter. I don't love you." Those were her words. Those were my words. But it hurt to hear them.
At the beginning I thought that's all they were - words. But after days of digging I had to admit it was more than that. She didn't want me anymore. Paige was gone.
This aching in my breast, it was something new to me. It was real. For years I didn't believe in love. Then she came and she made me reconsider my beliefs. All that just to abandon me.
What is the point in loving if it leads to such pain?