Foreword:
Intheearlymorninghours,justbeforedawn,theworldseemstostandstill.Thedarknessbeginstolift,andthefirstraysofsunlightpeekthroughthehorizon.It'satimeoftransition,ofbeauty,andsometimes,ofsadness.Thisisthestoryofonesuchearlymorning,whentwopeoplecometogetherforthelasttime,inamomentofloveandloss.
1.Thenightwasquietandstill,theonlysoundsthedistanthumoftrafficandtherustleofleavesinthebreeze.
2.Sarahstoodonthebalcony,watchingastheskybegantolighten.Shefeltasenseofpeaceinthestillness,acalmbeforethestorm.
3.Ithadbeenalongnight,fulloftearsandheartache.Sheknewthatthiswastheend,thatsheandAlexcouldneverbetogetheragain.
4.Shetookadeepbreath,tryingtosteadyhernervesassheheardfootstepsbehindher.
5.Alexappearedatherside,hisfacesomberandregretful.Theystoodinsilenceforamoment,watchingastheskyslowlyturnedfromblacktogray.
6."I'msorry,"hesaidsoftly,breakingthesilence."Iwishthingscouldbedifferent."
7.Sarahnodded,feelingtheweightofhiswords.Shewantedtotellhimthatsheunderstood,thatsheforgavehim,butthewordscaughtinherthroat.
8.Instead,theystoodtogetherinsilence,watchingasthefirstraysofsunlightbegantopeekoverthehorizon.
9.Theworldwasbathedinasoftpinkglow,thecolorsofdawnspreadingacrosstheskylikeacanvas.
10.Sarahthoughtaboutallthetimestheyhadwatchedthesunrisetogether,thememoriesfloodingbacklikeatidalwave.
11.Sherememberedtheirfirstkiss,onabeachatdawn,thewavescrashingattheirfeet.
12.Sherememberedtheirtripstothemountains,watchingthesunriseoverthepeaks.
13.Butthosememorieswerebittersweetnow,remindersofwhattheyhadlost.
14.Theystoodonthebalconyforwhatfeltlikehours,watchingasthesunrosehigherinthesky.
15.SarahcouldfeelAlex'spresencebesideher,hiswarmthandhislove,butsheknewitwasover.
16.Theyhadbeentogetherforsolong,throughthickandthin,butithadallcomecrashingdowninasinglemomentofbetrayal.
17.Shetriedtopushthethoughtsfromhermind,tofocusonthebeautyofthemorning,butitwasalosingbattle.
18.Alexreachedforherhand,andshelethimtakeit,theirfingersentwinedastheywatchedthesuncontinuetorise.
19.Itwasamomentofpureemotion,ofloveandlossandregretallmixedtogetherinasinglemoment.
20.Andthen,asquicklyasithadbegun,itwasover.Thesunwasfullyrisennow,theworldalivewiththesoundsofmorning.
21.Alexsqueezedherhandonelasttimebeforelettinggo,asilentacknowledgmentofeverythingtheyhadshared.
22.Sarahwatchedhimgo,tearsstreamingdownherfaceassherealizedthatthiswastrulytheend.Butshetooksolaceinthefactthattheyhadsharedonelastbeautifulmomenttogether,intheearlymorningofthenight.
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