As evening descended, the room remained wrapped in a peaceful stillness. Nurse Elena returned quietly, expecting to find Alden asleep beside his faithful companion. But when she opened the door, the chart slipped from her hands.
Alden had passed — his face calm, his hand still resting on Ritchie’s back. The little dog raised his head and looked up, eyes soft and knowing, as if to say, It’s all right now. The air in the room felt weightless, almost golden, filled with something beyond sorrow — the quiet grace of love fulfilled.
In that moment, Elena understood what few ever put into words: sometimes the most profound goodbyes are silent. They don’t happen with tears or speeches, but in the stillness between heartbeats — when two souls, bound by love, simply let go together.
Because some love stories, she realized, never really end. They just change shape and continue — in memory, in spirit, and in the soft rhythm of a loyal heartbeat fading gently beside its dearest friend.
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