Thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed across the vast night sky.

It felt as if the heavens themselves were about to crack open.

"Has this day finally arrived?" Jameson stood with his back to Carl, hands clasped behind him, projecting an image of strength and resolve.

His posture did not hint at defeat, despair, or emptiness.

Yet, a profound loneliness emanated from him, tugging at the heartstrings.

He had been a high achiever, a man of success and ambition.

He had thrived like a firework that rocketed into the sky, exploding in a blaze of color that illuminated Solana City's night.

He had been magnificent, passionate, and impossible to ignore.

But in the end, all he was left with was a wasteland of ash.

"Once, I craved everything.

I yearned to return to Solana City and make the Schmidts pay for what they'd done.

I wanted to reclaim everything that was rightfully mine, and I dreamed of aiding Mr.

Justin in seizing control of Solana City.

"But ultimately, 1 realized that none of it held any meaning.

ever desired was to be with Lyse."

offer words of comfort, but

Lyse call

stood amidst a sea of

here and play!" "Don't

alright even if

have me as your friend, and

We'll be friends forever.

Pinky promise!" "Pinky...

left hand tightened around the railing, and his right hand reached up

imposing figure slumped forward bit by bit,

"I never changed, Lyse.

But you...

shuffled forward hesitantly,

had never witnessed such

lacked the courage to reveal that even if given another

hand; love

Alyssa and

toward the same goals, and

souls intertwined like two perfectly matched puzzle

were destined to

matter how extraordinary anyone else might be, they wouldn't

Mr. Schmidt, it would be best for you to leave Solana

to Kontina to avoid suspicion." Carl's

will soon be investigating The

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