AUTHOR'S NOTES: The big finale!! Can I save the story, after all that just happened? Well, you'll just have to finish reading. I mean it's only a very sorta shortish-longish paragraph. And please, don't cry!

SUMMARY: What does the future hold for two lost souls?

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45 Years Later...

She stood at his grave. Never forgave herself. He had died. Alone. Heartbroken. Forgotten. Yet she had thought about him every day of her life. She still did. She raised 4 beautiful children with Luka. But she was never truly happy. She had just 'settled' for the better. Now, when she was nearing her grave, she wished she had run after Carter. She loved him, like she loved no one else. Luka wasn't love. It was only mutual companionship. Her heart was with Carter. It always had been. Those words he said still echoed in her head. It felt like only yesterday. "I'll always love you..." She knelt down, and put a single, solitary, red rose on his grave. She was still covered in tears. If she had only known. If she had only reached out as a friend. But not even that. It took her 45 years to find out what love was really like. And what the meaning of true loss was. He had died alone. He never married. No friends. No family. They said he died of old age. Abby knew better. He had died of a broken heart. She said the words she hope he would somehow hear..." John. I'm sorry. Please. Somehow forgive me." She finally cried tears she had hidden for so many years. "I love you. I always did. And I'll always love you, too..." With that, Abby felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders. The world glowed more brightly, then darkness hit. She lost control over her body. They found her the next day. She had died with the one she loved. She had a smile on her face.

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