When Jose Floyd looked back at her and saw her eyes, forthright and unwavering, his heart felt a stabbing pain, and his voice was somewhat blurry: "Is she really gone?... Before she died, did she leave anything for me?"
Ariel Morris looked at the sorrow in Jose Floyd's eyes, her fingers somewhat stiff on the steering wheel, and after hesitating for a moment, said, "No... Jose Floyd, Nicole has been gone for so long now. Honestly, aren't you tired of thinking about her?"
Jose Floyd didn't reply, but the sadness in his eyes slowly spread from deep within, infusing his entire being with an air of melancholy and defeat.
Without saying a word, he turned, his fingers tightly clenching into his palms.
Nicole was dead, her tombstone was in the cemetery, yet hearing Joshua Floyd say she might not be was like a breath of spring, as if he was reborn, with the world suddenly brightening.
But in reality, it was just a dream; Nicole would never come back.
