The Last Goodbye

He was sitting in a sofa, staring down fiddling with his cellphone. She was standing across the table looking at him. The silence in the room was getting uncomfortable. He did not have the courage to look up and face her. He was afraid, he would not be able to stand the look of pain in those eyes. So, he kept looking down. Though, not being able to speak was almost killing him. He would rather die than see the pain in those beautiful eyes.

She was so shocked at what he had said and was unable to react. She kept on staring towards him waiting for him to look up and meet his eyes. Finally he looked up. Her eyes met his and few drops of tears fell from her eyes. "There has to be a way", she said wiping her tears from her palms. "There is no way", he replied and tears dropped from his already wet eyes. He continued, "They are outside, waiting for me. I have to go." "I will talk to them", she protested, "they cannot do this." He asked, "Do you think they need permission from anyone to do what they want?" "But..." she paused for a moment, then continued, "but I cannot let you go. I will die without you." There was silence again. Neither of them had the courage to speak, or may be they were just not able to find the right words.

He stood from the sofa, held her face in his palms and did the most brave thing he had ever done in his life. He looked straight into her wet eyes and said without blinking, "you will live. Nothing will happen to you. They want me and they will not let me go." He pulled her close and hugged her. "I must go now. They are waiting outside and if I don't go out soon, they might break in." he said in her ear and moved away from her. He did not have any courage left in himself to look into her eyes again. He turned and started moving towards the door.

She came behind him and grabbed him. She was not ready to let him go. "I will come with you," she said and opened the door. A bullet hit her on her neck and she fell on the floor bleeding. He could not believe what just happened. His heart could not take this shock and stopped. He fell on the floor lifeless.