chit-chat with them, but it was not them whom she wanted to meet. It was Adam that she was looking for. There was a part of her who wanted to confront him and narrate him her entire speech, but deep within she knew that she won’t be able to say it all to him.
She looked for him everywhere, but he was nowhere to be found. She finally started to believe that maybe her worst fear was true. Maybe, whatever Adam said the night of their breakup was right and that he left for a reason. He was not coming back to her and she had to spend the rest of her life with his absence – just the way she did in the last ten years of her life.
After Adam left, she tried dating, but it just didn’t work out. She knew that Adam was her one and only and that there was no one out there who could replace him. She met a few other guys over the last ten years of her life, but it never lasted more than a few months. It turned out that she was looking for a replacement; she was looking for an “Adam” in all of them, which was impossible to be found because unlike things, people can’t be replaced.
She finally gave up her quest and just when she was about to leave, she heard his voice.
“Sophie!” he said as she turned her back to see him standing right in front of her. She knew that it was Adam – in reality, and not one of his ghosts that were haunting her over the last ten years. She couldn’t believe how dashing and masculine he looked.
It felt like he had only become stronger and more handsome with the passage of time, and could still have the same impact on her. She started to fall short of words and didn’t know what to say. The speech that she prepared before was lost and she couldn’t even recall a single word of it.
“Adam!” she finally said as she walked towards him. She could smell his mesmerizing musk and it was the same one that he used to wear ten years back. As she looked at her reflection in his deep blue eyes, she couldn’t stop thinking about the past.
She was no longer there, standing in front of Adam anymore. Her mind was somewhere else as she relived the most haunting memory of her life.
Chapter 2:
It was almost ten years back when Adam and Sophie met for the last time. Their high school was over and they were simply waiting for the rest of their life to commence. They both decided to attend the same college in the city and were looking forward to spending the rest of their lives together.
Both, Adam and Sophie had planned their entire lives together, but they had no idea what was coming to their way. They both spent a memorable day while enjoying the local caravan nearby the city. It was certainly one of those days, which Sophie knew would stay with her for the years to come. They spent some great time enjoying those rides in the amusement zone and Adam loved how Sophie clenched his fist when they were in the middle of a roller coaster ride.
Sophie thought that it was just the beginning of the rest of their lives and that they were going to have plenty of moments like those. Adam was her first boyfriend, her first kiss, and the first one with whom he had shared some intimate moments. Little did she know that he would be her hardest goodbye as well! They were together for the last two years, but in those few years, Sophie was able to live an entire lifetime with him.
When they decided to go back to their home from the caravan, Sophie could realize that something was wrong. Adam was being unexpectedly quiet the whole time and as he stopped his car in front of Sophie’s house, she knew something was wrong. It was unlikely of him to speak anything at all for so long. They both were inseparable and were able to read each other’s silence as well.
“What is it, Adam? What’s wrong?” she asked him as he stopped his car in front of her residence.
“There is something which you need to know, Sophie!” the way Adam said those words she realized the gravity of the situation. It was certainly not a