The world moved on, as it always does.
Skyscrapers still scraped the sky.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMDhN6OQf8
Stock tickers still blinked.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg98CPIFkWR
The Sarah Joseph Conglomerate remained at the top—13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtf5JFUbAp
But its heart had gone quiet.
Yet in a small apartment tucked away in the city,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvAfMbfxhv
Happy Kingston sat by the window, wearing a scarf he once gave her,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgV13RLct3D
and wrote.
Not in sorrow.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuUgR5VXzX
But in remembrance.
She began publishing his journals, the ones he never showed anyone.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJTdmW8jRa
His thoughts. His pain. His dreams.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1eAozmHRlZ
She titled the first book “The Boy Named Smile.”
And the world listened.
The story of the boy who was blamed for a mother’s death,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BLqVlVVIf
who grew up in shadows,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94eqB9Kvrb
who loved once and only once—13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwz6uktENw
and who finally smiled because of love—13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF2FKCOnFM
captured the hearts of millions.
Schools began teaching his philosophy:13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rLVhZNCUK
Pain doesn’t have to define you.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLqbmrpCBb
You can write your own ending.
Statues were built.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9q8Wpd85v
Funds were created in his name.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF7SH4xOPK
Mental health programs spread across Alexandra and beyond.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVIo9dIvxcg
People began to speak up, cry freely, heal slowly—13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxmFuRt69s
all in his name.
Happy visited his grave every year.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YxaZ6EvC4
Not in tears. Not in mourning.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1sLvnH6PP
But with quiet peace.
She brought wildflowers—the kind he once said smelled like Elda Sonet’s garden.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn0KV1dnYub
She would read him letters from the people he’d unknowingly saved.
And sometimes—just sometimes—she would hear the wind rustle the trees13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor5nR3Y9ph
and feel warmth on her face,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVHYgqmi9OU
like he was there, listening.
Years passed.
Happy continued to live—not in sorrow, but in promise.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU8KM2P4ce
She smiled more, laughed louder, and helped others learn to do the same.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡodkd5GGVWh
She carried him in her heart like a quiet flame.
And one day, when her own time came—13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUpwgFDmns
She didn’t fear it.
She lay peacefully, a soft smile on her face,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlr5mQQ7x6n
and whispered his name one last time.
“Smile.”
Some say true love ends in tragedy.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZKbYwRiNR
But maybe, this one didn’t.
Because somewhere in the stars,13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlorWUrq7q
A boy who had never smiled13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaK6iOFkSu
Waited for a girl who had always been happy—13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLA4C65vPP
And when they met again,
They both smiled.
For where there is Smile, there is Happy.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNiQz2IWUxf
And where there is Happy, Smile lives on.
He did not die. He simply chose to live forever...13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhILMnIbG7i
in happiness.
