Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

Chapter 17

Carlisle wore a raincoat before quickly speeding toward Christine’s residential area.

It was th

the

beginning of June. Despite the rain, the air was still hot and humid.

The muscles in his legs tightened as his bicycle chain began to creak due to it being too long since he

last oiled it.

The rain poured on endlessly.

Suddenly, the chains in his bicycle finally broke due to the tension,

Fuck.

Carlisle cursed as he stopped his bicycle by the roadside and began to repair the chain.

He had used his bicycle for more than three years. Fixing the chain was easy. He had finished it within ten minutes and was back on the road.

To stop his chain from breaking once more, he had found a shop for bicycles and asked for some oil. The repairman didn’t charge him after hearing that he was heading to attend his SATS.

The houses in the Helios Village were mostly made out of plywood.

a landfill nearby that stretched out from the county to the suburbs. Yet, no professionals

smell of trash hung in the

while feeding her grandma breakfast in a

was simple and crude. But it was able

house was

middle–aged woman walked in. The woman’s clothes were ripped and had several patches

Jefferson, why are you here?” Christine quickly put the

You’ll be having your SATS, so you should eat properly.”

her hands. “That won’t do. I can’t take any

consisted mostly of loose change as most notes were one-dollar bills. There were hardly any five or ten–dollar

another city. But ever since

years, she had survived high school through the

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for her

money into

hands were calloused as she held Christine’s hands and said, “Christine, you are the light and hope for our small village. You should focus on your exams. I’ll take care of your grandmal”

village. Her grandma had also helped many villagers when

grandma had become paralyzed, her parents abandoned shoulder the weight of the family

was

took it upon themselves to care for Christine and her

turned red as she lowered her head. Tears fell down

everyone too. I definitely won’t let all of you down!”

days. She knew she had to get into a university and

It’s about time now. You should hurry to school!” Grace urged. She was

for her exams.

you with