Chapter

75

The rhythmic hum of the engines did little to soothe the whirlwind of emotions churning inside me.

Leo had been trying to reach me incessantly, his calls and messages flooding my phone.

Each one only added to the confusion and turmoil in my mind.

I hadn't yet figured out how I was going to face him, let alone what I would say when I did.

By the time we landed and checked into our hotel, I had

Paulated my emotions very smoothly.

The Serevia City tournament was coming up and I had to focus all my energies on it.

That night, while lying in the darkness of my hotel room, I couldn't sleep.

rious notes echoed in my head, preventing me from sleeping peacefully. I decided to go for a walk.

The hotel lobby was quiet, a few late-night travelers milling about, but my attention was drawn to a familiar figure seated at the grand piano in the

corner.

Rolin, his fingers dancing across the keys, was lost in the music, a serene expression on his face.

I had never seen him play before, and I was taken aback by how talented he was.

The music flowed from him effortlessly, filling the space with a melody that tugged at my heartstrings.

noticed me and

fingers still moving

I shook my

head.

"No, too

much

on

my mind," I admitted.

the empty space on the bench

you join me? We can play a duet, something

hesitated for a moment, but the thought of playing alongside

sat down next to him, and together, we began to

had a subtle feeling. Even though we were playing

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flowed between us, a conversation of notes

myself in the melody, the weight on my shoulders lifting ever so

let out a

Rolin," I said, my

to play like this,

to me, his

"But do you remember

frowned, surprised by

do," I

to the human world because I couldn't stand the bullying from my adoptive parents and Alice. I

nodded, his gaze distant as if recalling

man collapsed on the side of the road. You thought he was a homeless man and gave him the last of your

words hit me like a jolt, and I froze, the

a bruised and battered youth

hidden beneath

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