Chapter 3
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Ava's Pov:
“Mom, where are you?I can’t endure this anymore. The person I loved betrayed me too.I don’t have the strength to bear this pain anymore…”
I cried for a long time.By the time my tears dried, the sun had already begun to descend.With a heavy heart,I forced myself to move and headed toward the flower shop.
“Hey Ava,how are you?”Ash called out as soon as he saw me.
“I’m fine” I lied quietly.
I placed my bag down and started arranging the flowers pretending that everything was normal. But Ash wasn’t fooled.He stepped closer, his eyes filled with concern.
“Ava, what happened? You don’t look okay today. Did something happen?”
“No”I replied shortly.
Just then,Miss Claire walked in.
“Ava you’re here! I thought you wouldn’t come today.”
I forced a small smile.“Sorry, Miss Claire.I got a bit late.I had some other work to finish.”
“Oh no, don’t apologize,” she said kindly.“You always work so sincerely.You should rest a little too. I was actually thinking maybe you went out with your boyfriend today.”
The word boyfriend cut straight through my heart.
Liam’s face flashed in front of my eyes.
His smile.
His kiss.
My chest tightened, and I fell silent.
“Ava…!Are you okay?”Miss Claire asked anxiously.
I snapped back to reality and forced another smile. “Yes I’m fine.”
Then I quietly moved away.
From the corner of my eye I saw Miss Claire and Ash look at each other.They both knew something was wrong with me.
But I wasn’t ready to talk.
Not yet.
It was 7:40 p.m. when I finally finished my work at the flower shop.I stepped outside and began walking toward home.My chest felt unbearably heavy tonight as if something was slowly crushing my heart.I kept my eyes lowered to the road walking in silence too tired to even think.
Then I felt it.
Something soft touched my face.
I stopped in the middle of the road and slowly looked up at the sky.
Snow.
It was snowing.
For a moment, I completely forgot how to breathe. I slowly stretched out my hand watching as tiny white snowflakes melted on my palm.The world around me changed instantly.People were laughing pointing at the sky enjoying the sudden snowfall.The streets felt alive again.
A couple passed by and accidentally bumped into me.I stepped back quickly.
“I’m sorry,” they said and walked away their fingers tightly intertwined.
I didn’t move.
I stood there with my hand still stretched out as snow fell quietly onto my skin… and tears fell silently from my eyes.
I had never truly been happy with my family.All I ever wanted was to be happy with the one person I thought understood me.I believed Liam would be different.I believed he would never hurt me.
I was wrong.
He cheated on me.
The memories came rushing back tearing through my chest, and before I knew it I was crying again. My shoulders trembled as the cold snow mixed with my burning tears.
Then suddenly, the words from the paper I read in the morning echoed in my mind—
If you make a wish during the first snowfall,it comes true.
Standing there in the middle of the snowfall I slowly closed my eyes and whispered my wish inside my heart:
“God please… I don’t want to stay here anymore. I want peace.I want to be happy like everyone else. I don’t want to live like this anymore.Please God… take me far away from all this pain.”
I stayed there for a few more moments letting the snow fall over me like a silent witness to my broken heart.Then I slowly opened my eyes,looked up at the dark sky one last time and turned toward home.
Unaware that this wish… was about to change everything.
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“Ava"
I’m home…!
My voice echoed softly through the house as I stepped inside.The living room was glowing with warm lights ribbons and ornaments.Decorations were everywhere.Christmas was close.
Before I could take another my step sister Freya came running toward me her eyes shining with excitement.
“Ava,you’re back!Come let’s decorate the Christmas tree together!”
- Writer
