Seven Days to Goodbye (Irene and Stellan) novel Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Stellan tore apart the last shred of hope for those burdened with guilt among them, his voice cold to the point of cruelty.

Every word he uttered felt like a slow torture upon his own heart.

But as he watched Sophie shift from utter disbelief to a pain so intense she wanted to scream but could not make a sound, it seemed as if his own pain finally found a moment to breathe.

People like them deserved to suffer this way.

Stellan stood up, gave her a slight bow, and said, “But if possible, I still hope that after you leave, you won’t disturb her anymore.”

“I believe she wouldn’t want to see… us.”

After saying this, he took one last look at Sophie, who was gasping and sobbing in pain, then turned and left without hesitation.

Stellan returned home.

When he opened the door, everything was just as it had been when he left.

On the coffee table lay a bouquet of yarn flowers Irene had made by hand, her own paintings hung on the wall, and her coat, which she had not yet put away, was draped over the sofa…

Everywhere was filled with Irene’s presence and traces of her

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existence.

Yet the figure from his memories was gone.

Stellan suddenly felt the house become unbearably empty, as if a large piece of his heart had been hollowed out.

He was exhausted to the extreme, yet unable to sleep.

He opened the wardrobe, took out all of Irene’s clothes and piled them on the bed, only then feeling a slight sense of relief.

It was only at this moment that he understood why Irene had left with just one bag and no extra clothes.

From that moment on, she had never planned to return…

Stellan closed his eyes, and only in this enclosed little world could he finally let his emotions pour out.

He covered his head with Irene’s red scarf and cried silently, his heart tightening with every rapid breath, the pain nearly suffocating him, while the scent of her lingered in his breath.

Only one thought remained in his mind: Irene, please come see me in my dreams.

But Irene did not come to him in his dreams.

As expected, she did not want to see him…

After that day, Stellan seemed to return to his former calm and rational self.

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He no longer felt such pain, but every word Irene had ever said became especially clear in his mind.

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He remembered Irene once half–jokingly saying she hoped that after her death, he would plant Mountain Hemlocks at her grave.

So Stellan bought her the best burial plot, erected a tombstone for her, and personally planted Mountain Hemlocks at her grave.

“This way, it’s as if I’m always with you…”

He rested his forehead against the tombstone, closed his eyes for a moment, then turned and left.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, a year had gone by.

Stellan expanded his company, and he became a regular on the front page of financial news.

Yet the more admirers and followers he had, the more he felt like a walking corpse.

Only in moments of loneliness and confusion, when he thought of Irene, did his heart and emotions stir.

Meanwhile, Sophie’s health deteriorated day by day. Valentina came to beg Stellan several times to visit her, but he refused each time.

It was not until Sophie passed away that he returned to the hospital to handle her affairs.

In the hospital, Valentina was reduced to tears.

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“Stellan, before my mom died, she kept saying she wanted to have a funeral at the same place where Rene had hers. She wanted to go down and apologize to Rene…”

As she spoke, she bowed deeply to Stellan, whose expression remained indifferent.

“Please, help me and my mother one last time. I believe that if Rene is watching from above, she would also want her last wish to be fulfilled…”

Stellan looked at her quietly for a long time, and in the end, he took her and Sophie’s body to St. Michael’s Cathedral and arranged a funeral for Sophie.

Before the ceremony ended, Stellan left.

Perhaps because he had come to Alaska, the longing he had suppressed in his heart suddenly poured out like a torrential rain.

He met Jack again, the same man from last year, and could not help

but ask.

“Those who have a local funeral leave nothing behind. How am I supposed to pay my respects…”

Jack said, “After the funeral, the soul of the deceased returns to the sky, their body to nature, Every blade of grass you see, every cloud, every gust of wind that blows, is her.”

These words suddenly stirred something deep in Stellan’s heart.

After leaving the chapel, he canceled his return flight, arranged for his

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work to be handled, and let Valentina return alone.

He said, “I want to walk again the paths Rene and I once traveled together.”

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