Chapter 83 : Heartbreak: Farewell, Cole!

Rayline

"When I first met your mother, she asked me to tell her if your eyes ever turned into magenta." I started to tell him the story as I could feel his body tighten against mine. "I forgot she ever asked me to do that, so before she died, I told her that your eyes had done it even very often. And she smiled, and the last thing she told me was that it meant you loved me." Then I paused and gazed into his eyes. "Is that true?"

His eyes suddenly became soft. "Of course it's true." He put his hand on my cheek. "Of course, I love you Ray, very much." He let out a mirthful laugh and looked down again. "Ray, I love you so much that I don't know what to do with myself."

There was a long pause. I should have felt happy, jumping up and smiling. But somehow, the way he spoke sounded painful like he was not telling the truth about it, and I could not help myself anymore and asked him.

"Cole, I feel that somehow you are not telling me something." His eyes flutter closed, and he takes a deep br