In the last text Kate Cassidy sent to Liam Payne , she wrote that she couldn't wait for him to "get home and see the house," the influencer having put up Halloween decorations after returning early from the couple's vacation in Argentina.

But Payne never made it home . On Oct. 16, 2024, four days after Cassidy flew back to Florida, the 31-year-old One Direction alum fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires.

"Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end," Cassidy told The Sun in February. "Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina.”

She had spent the majority of two years by Payne's side since their 2022 meet-cute at a South Carolina restaurant where she was waitressing.

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