Chapter Twenty One

Madeline’s POV

“What did you wish for?” Andrew says this hesitantly, much like everything he ever says to me these days.

I wait until I'm close to my doorway before whispering back, “To stay like this.”

To stay intact, to stay with him in love with me.

I’ve seen the memories, bits of it at least. And throughout each of them, I can feel emotion, passion, life, and love. I can feel him. He doesn’t pity me, he doesn’t sympathize with me. He is at my level, not where we are now.

So what compelled me to wish for things to stay how they are?

It’s true I want to learn about my past. I’ve felt more positive feelings in those memories than I ever had in this life. I know I can make more memories, but it’s not the same when your past haunts your every thought, including your relationship.