Never Getting Her Back novel Chapter 25

When Clara woke up, everything outside her window was white. It was still snowing. She headed downstairs and saw Damon waiting by the curb.

He moved toward her and reached for her luggage. His voice was laced with emotions too tangled to sort out. "It's almost impossible to get a cab in this weather. Let me take you to the airport."

This time, Clara didn't turn him down. She could tell he still had things he wasn't saying. And after all, this really was a one-way trip. Some things needed to be put to rest.

Once they were on the road, Damon drove painfully slow. Maybe it was the snow-covered streets, or he was just trying to stretch out the drive.

Either way, they had plenty of time. So, Clara stayed quiet as she watched the scenery pass by.

The silence grew heavier with each passing second until Damon couldn't take it anymore. He wanted to speak, to spill everything weighing on his heart, hoping somehow that it would make her stay.

"Clara, do you remember our second Christmas after we got married? It was snowing just as hard that year. My mom wasn't doing well, so you took me to a church to pray for her.

"I lit a candle and made a wish. Then, I cracked open a fortune cookie, and inside it read, 'May you find a love that lasts forever…'"

Hearing that, Clara was pulled back to that distant moment. After Damon got the message, she remembered how the priest looked at them and said something cryptic.

"Some things are meant to be, and some are meant to test us. But if you see the truth in time, it may turn out to be the greatest blessing."

At the time, Clara hadn't really gotten what the priest meant. She'd thought he was giving her some advice and spent a long time trying to figure it out. After all, she'd wanted to spend the rest of her life with Damon.

But looking back now, it was Damon who had opened the fortune cookie. The priest's words hadn't been for her. And back then, the person he'd wanted to grow old with... It wasn't her, was it?

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