Her fingers hadn't pried even a single one of his fingers away, yet a huge wave of pain would swell up in his chest, and when his hand completely slipped free from her arm, that pain felt as if it were about to drown him.
She was clearly right in front of him, yet he seemed utterly powerless to hold on to her.
Mabel Quinn took her daughter's hand and walked into the elevator.
The little one looked at Kyle Kinston, who still hadn't stepped into the elevator, and asked curiously, "Mommy, why isn't Daddy coming in the elevator?"
"Daddy still has work to do, so Mommy and Ivy won't go with Daddy this time." Mabel said, glancing once at Kyle outside the elevator, then pressing the elevator's close-door button.
The elevator doors slowly slid shut. Right before his eyes, the figures of her and their daughter were being slowly cut off from him, until in the end, they vanished completely.
Just once—does that mean a whole lifetime?
