Chapter 160

I close the door behind me and stroll lazily inside to the emptiness with immeasurable pain in my heart. The emptiness in my heart couples with the one in this house, and the echoes of that combination ring so blasting. I can hear them from all the corners.

For the thousandth time today, I pull out my phone and try his number again as I make my way upstairs. The long rings continue ringing in my ear until that annoying sound stops the annoying paralyzing echoes. He did not answer.

I walk into the room that was mine on those beautiful days that I stayed here. It is just the way I left it—untouched, like he really wanted nothing to tamper with my memories here. Everything is in place. A very banging question pops into my head as I stare at this bed: what could have happened if I stayed back here instead of moving out of my place? Would things have gotten to this point? Where would we be right now? Somewhere in this house, laughing about anything and everything? Maybe I would