A/N: Thanks to both the reviewers and the lurkers out there. Only two more chapters after this!
Thanks to SallyJetson for the beta.
Chapter 4:
He moves slowly down the hall, his feet rejecting his destination. He tries to avoid it, seeing it, making it so real, echoing how he feels. The empty chair, the empty desk, the empty feeling radiating in his chest.
It's been weeks and still he can't bring himself to stay there, always taking his work and going elsewhere. He knew he hurt her, that it needed to be done, but he can't believe she would leave, no goodbyes, that she'd just run.
Mac said that it was only a temporary assignment, that she would return in a few months, but who knows what will happen. What if he never does see her again?
His heart aches at the thought but at least he knows it's still beating, that he's still here and breathing.
No time for questions, he enters the room quickly, grabbing the file, trying not to remember her and that smile.
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The sun penetrates every part of her being as she moves slowly down the beach. Not what he meant but she was glad she was out of reach.
She had started fresh where no one knew her or what they had been. Where no one knew the darkness of her soul and the secrets within.
Her heart still aches as she tries to forget, forget the past and forget the future she had planned, but she is slowly regaining who she is and who she can be again.
She still has her confusion, her doubts and her fear, but slowly the clouds are lifting and her way is becoming clear.
Leaving the beach she knows what she must do. Grabbing paper and pen, she writes three lines which might put it all to an end.
Looking at the envelope in her hand she wonders: Will it make a difference? Will he understand?