Disbelief.

"Echoes of Love: A second chance."

[Chapter 19 Start]

"I put my hand over to her shoulders. I couldn't control my tears".

“It’s okay. She's with us. She’s within our hearts. Police are still looking for her. She cannot die so easily.” I said to her while in tears.

“But! But what if all she said was true!” She said while looking into her eyes.

My tears began to flow rapidly. I couldn’t control them.

“Even if that was true, she wouldn’t be so happy to see us in this state. So you should better stop crying now.” I said but I was crying the same amount as her.

“Then before saying that to me. Why doesn’t that apply to you, you dummy!” She said that as she hugged me while crying as hard and loudly as she could.

“It’s okay, It’s alright,” I said that to her and to myself.

A day passed. Just like another empty day. This was nothing special. We started to recover somewhat.

That’s when the police contacted us

“We have caught the thugs. I’m sorry. But your friend Aoi is dead. It seems they threw her body into the sea.

We haven’t found her body yet. But when we’ll found it, we'll notify you. If you know the parents of the girl. Please notify them or give our contact to them so we can talk to them directly. Thank you” The police were saying.

But all I could focus on was:

“Your friend Aoi is dead.” 

[Chapter 19 End]