Chapter 6
“Even without you, I should learn to live on.”
With those words, the dream shattered even more violently.
His eyes were bloodshot, his whole body trembling as he fought against the collapsing dream.
In that moment of departure, all I could hear was his hoarse scream.
“Hannah, I love you.”
But I guess there was another part to that sentence.
“Hannah, I’ll wait for you.””
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I once joked with him, asking what would happen if I died first.
He said he would handle everything, raise the kids, and then come join me.
But I pressed, asking what if he left first.
He said, “Live well. I’ll wait for you, until you come to find me.”
We’re all born with a fear of death.
But if you know that there’s someone who will wait for you at the end of time,
Then death doesn’t seem so frightening.
After all, it’s a kind of happiness.
When summer falls silent,
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When the cicadas’song fades away,
When the soul crosses the boundary of time,
When the wind and dust erase the traces of our existence,
We’ll eventually be together.
I can’t help but wonder, what is Luca Bennett doing right now?
Maybe he’s setting up our future home.
Perhaps Dora is there, too.
That car accident took everyone I loved and everyone that loved me.
When did I realize it was just a dream?
Honestly, at first, I didn’t notice.
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The entire storyline of the dream was something I had written, stroke by stroke, based on myself and Luca Bennett.
At the time, I didn’t sense anything wrong.
Besides, for this story, so much time had passed that many details had already faded.
Including Mina’s name.
It wasn’t until I began noticing how much I resembled Mina that I realized something was off.
No two people are ever so identical, from preferences to personalities, down to the smallest details.
It also dawned on me when I cut my hand, yet felt no pain.
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And when I realized I hadn’t truly seen Mina or her friends‘ faces.
In the end, I was still fortunate.
Seeing Mason Grant and Mina together in the book was like witnessing my own happy ending with Luca Bennett.
To have a perfect life–how rare and lucky it is to achieve.
I slowly opened my eyes.
The sharp scent of disinfectant, the white ceiling, and the group of people gathered around my bed, full of anticipation and
nervousness.
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My best friend, my aunt’s family, and Luca Bennett’s brothers.
I blinked, raised my hand, and gently stroked the weathered cheek of the woman in front
of me.
In her forties, how did her hair turn gray so
soon?
“Dear aunt, you must have had a hard time taking care of me all these years.”
When her only sister unexpectedly passed away, she didn’t cry.
When her youngest son died despite all efforts, she didn’t cry.
But my simple words made her eyes redden.
My best friend suddenly threw herself on me,
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sobbing uncontrollably.
“Hannah, you scared me so much, I thought you’d never wake up…!”
I had woken up two weeks ago, but when I did, I wasn’t fully aware of my situation. I kept asking to see Luca Bennett.
But no matter who I asked, I couldn’t pry out any information I wanted.
So one day, when my aunt wasn’t around, I secretly went back home.
But all I found were black–and–white photos of Luca Bennett and Dora.
Though I had prepared myself for it, seeing the reality in front of me, I still couldn’t
accept it.
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By the time they found me again, I was lying on the floor, unconscious, clutching the black–and–white photos tightly in my arms.
This time when I woke up, I was fully aware and rational.
All the love and grief from that real yet absurd dream had been buried deep in my heart.
Seeing the calm expression on my face, my family and friends exchanged uneasy glances, unsure of what to do.
I knew they were worried about my mental
state.
I didn’t explain anything, but instead cooperated with the doctors and nurses, obediently staying in the hospital until the doctor declared I was fit to leave.
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They happily packed up, preparing to take me home.
Once in the car, I spoke up.
“I want to see him. Is that okay?”
“I won’t do anything reckless.”
Luca Bennett’s grave was in a picturesque spot.
The tombstone was neatly maintained, with several fresh bouquets of flowers placed around it. The person in the photo looked carefree and handsome.
Next to this grave, there was a smaller one.
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Dora was buried there.
The large and small gravestones stood side by side, as if keeping each other company.
I thought, they must be living well together
now.
I gently touched the photo of him.
“Luca Bennett, I’m here.”
“You must be wondering why it took me so long to come.”
“I had a dream, where I saw us getting married.”
“I guess this is the closure for the things we never got to finish that day.”
That day marked the fifth year since we were
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together. We had promised to take Dora to try on wedding dresses.
But unexpectedly, a truck overturned, separating us forever.
I stood before his grave, speaking the words I had kept buried inside for so long. From the day we first met, to the very end.
By the time I finished, I realized I had unknowingly shed tears, each drop falling onto the cement tombstone, creating a small shadow beneath it.
Suddenly, a cool breeze brushed across my face. The leaves around me fluttered and
rustled.
Luca Bennett, look–it’s windy.
My hair was stirred by the wind, which
