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The thought still felt strange sometimes. A year ago, | was in college, on track for something completely
different. A "normal" life, | guess. But that wasn'tanymore. | left school about six months ago, and I'd be
lying if | said it wasn't hard at first. My parents were disappoi
except Aiden.
He was the one who pushed me. The one who told| needed to run again. And God, | hated him for it at first.
For trying to forceto be someone, | didn't feel like | was anymore. For pushingto relive something I didn't
even remember. But now, | know | owe him every t| lace up my shoes. He knew, even when | couldn't see it.
He knew this was what | needed.
I needed to thank him.
I rounded a bend in the trail, my heart pounding with effort and exhilaration. The sun had just started to rise over
the trees, casting long shadows across the path, and for a moment, everything felt still.
Perfect.
It was in these moments, with nothing but the sound of my own breath and the steady beat of my shoes against
the dirt, that | felt closest to who | used to be-or maybe who | was becoming now. A new version of Jess.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtStronger. More sure of herself. And yet, there was always that nagging emptiness. That piece ofthat felt...
incomplete.
| couldn't explain it, but it was like something was missing. Someone, maybe. Sometimes, when | was out here in
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middle of nowhere, the world stretched wide and open around. me. I'd feel it-a shadow of something I'd lost. A
whisper of a memory just out of reach.
But | never could quite grasp it.
| pushed harder, picking up speed as | descended the mountain, my body moving on instinct. The faster | ran,
the more | could outrun those ghosts. At least for a little while.
By the t| reached the bottom, my legs were shaking with exhaustion, but it was the good kind-the kind that
made you feel like you'd accomplished something. Like you'd pushed yourself past your limits and cout
stronger on the other side.
I slowed to a jog, wiping the sweat from my brow as | made my way back to the trailhead where my car was
parked. The sun was higher now, warming my skin. | stretched my arms overhead, feeling the tension release
from my muscles.
As | stood there, breathing in the cool
mountain air, | thought about the
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race. It was exciting, but it also felt...
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