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This is a pre-chapter containing 48 Possibilities, please read the entire novel first after it releases on
07-05-2025
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Kalu opened his eyes, but nothing surrounded him. No grass, no sky. Just endless space filled with small doors—forty-eight of them, arranged in a circle like a clock.
A calm, distant voice spoke.
"You may see glimpses of what was, what could've been, or what never was. These are your 48 goodbyes. Choose."
[Possibilities from the doors include:]
1. A world where Kalu was adopted as a puppy.
2. The day Ananya was born—Kalu watching from a distance.
3. The first time Ananya learned to walk, grabbing Kalu's fur to balance.
4. If Ananya had never found Kalu.
5. If Kalu was the one hit by the car that day instead of the bully.
6. If Kalu could talk for one full day.
7. An alternate timeline where Kalu lives 20 years.
8. A memory from a rainy day they spent cuddled indoors.
9. The dream where Kalu sees Shyam, his original self, in human form.
10. Ananya's wedding day—older Kalu walks her down the aisle.
11. If Kalu had to save Ananya from danger and sacrificed himself.
12. A vision of Kalu reborn as her child's pet in the future.
13. A parallel world where Kalu is a guide dog.
14. If Kalu ran away out of fear and never returned.
15. If he met Ananya in her past life.
16. The day he bit a bully who threw stones at Ananya.
17. A beach trip that never happened.
18. If Ananya could understand every bark.
19. The time Kalu caught her crying alone at night.
20. The last chicken meal they shared.
21. If her parents had said no to keeping him.
22. A final memory he forgot until now.
23. A universe where he was born as a cat.
24. A timeline where he grew wings and flew.
25. If Kalu could relive just one single day.
26. The day he realized he was her guardian angel all along.
27. Ananya's 16th birthday—the smile he never forgot.
28. If Kalu watched over Ananya from the stars.
29. His reunion with his best friend dog in a heavenly field.
30. If he became a dog in her dreams forever.
31. The time he got sick but still protected her.
32. When she painted his face as her muse.
33. If they had one more walk.
34. If Ananya died young and he followed her.
35. If he turned into a human for just 5 minutes.
36. A world where humans understood animals fully.
37. His forgotten puppyhood before being a stray.
38. The moment he realized she was his entire world.
39. Ananya reading a story about him to her own child.
40. If he met her again in another timeline.
41. His fear of thunder, and how she comforted him.
42. The moment he passed, and the stars whispered.
43. A goodbye that never had to be said.
44. Ananya's whispered "I love you" when she thought he was asleep.
45. His reflection in a mirror, wondering if she saw his soul.
46. If heaven had a field and a stick forever.
47. A door he couldn't open. Labeled: "Her pain after you."
48. The final one: "Let go."