Chapter 387 Chapter 387 Allison lay in bed, tossing and turning, her mind a whirlwind of thoughts. Eventually, she picked up her phone and shot Joshua a quick text.
"Thinking of you." She stared at the screen, waiting, but nothing cback.
Was he asleep? Or caught up in the Fisher family chaos? Allison let out a deep sigh, feeling a heavy weight settle in her chest. She wouldn't say it out loud, but she knew she hadn't completely moved on from Joshua. Given everything happening with his family, her worries for him only grew.
He must be feeling so lost.
It was almost dawn by the tsleep finally tugged at her eyelids. Just as she was drifting off, her phone screen lit up.
Joshua had replied.
"I'm okay, try to get srest." Allison read the message, but her concern didn't ease one bit.
How could he be okay? He'd just lost his dad and grandma.
She wanted to say something comforting.
Rubbing her eyes to wake herself up a bit more, she typed.
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Typed again.
Deleted again, one word at a time.
In the end, she left it unsaid.
Nothing seemed enough.
Exhaustion swept over her, and Allison finally let her eyes close, phone still in hand.
In her dreams, she saw a little boy watching his father hold another child, his eyes filled with sadness and longing.
She approached, recognizing the boy's eyes-they were just like Joshua's.
"Joshua..." she murmured.
The boy hung his head, dejected, whispering, "But I'm his son too..." A dull ache spread through her chest.
She gently touched the boy's head, whispering, "It's okay, you'll find someone who loves you deeply, someone who will be your rescue." The boy looked up at her, "Is that someone you?" Her heart throbbed painfully, stealing her breath away.
Suddenly, the scene changed.
A storm was raging.
A man stood alone in the rain, looking so forlorn and lost.
It was Joshua, all grown up.
She walked closer, seeing his eyes red with sorrow.
"He's gone," he whispered.
Then he added a phrase that lingered in the air, "I'll never have the chance again." Sweet She understood-he meant he'd never again feel Ben's fatherly love.
She wanted to say something, but no words came.
Joshua stood silently in the storm, like a cold, unyielding statue.
"Joshua..." Allison murmured as she woke up.
The ache in her heart was as sharp as ever.
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Three days after Ben's tragic fall, Allison saw Joshua again.
It was a stormy night.
Lightning sliced through the sky, the wind whipped the rain into frenzy. The shadows of trees danced wildly, like ominous, howling creatures.
Allison
kedded on her slippers a walked to the window, intending met the M verx curtains. close the curtains. Chelongs Then she spotted someone standing in the downpour below.
That silhouette was unmistakable.
It was Joshua.
The scene mirrored her dream exactly.
Allison's hand froze on the curtain.
She stood there, quietly watching him in the rain.
Finally, she sighed, turned around, and opened her door, heading downstairs... m