Crossroads

Chapter 246

It was past one in the morning, and the neighborhood was silent.

Yet, the living room of our apartment was brightly lit. Molly quickly retrieved a first aid kit, her brows furrowing as she stared at Oscar, who was covered in injuries. She fell into deep thought

He had actually gone and fought with Dominick

Judging by the severity of his injuries, the fight must have been brutal.

“Do you need my help?” she asked, noticing that he seemed to have wounds on his back as well.

“No”

Oscar’s curt refusal came with an air of indifference. Despite being covered in injuries, he remained unfazed, his expression calm as if he didn’t feel any pain at all

“Why did you two start fighting?”

With her gentle nature,

she couldn’t bear to see Oscar’s handsome, pale face marred by bruises and blood; it pained her.

Molly suddenly felt a surge of anger. She remembered that Dominick was skilled in fighting, and Oscar, with his thin, calm demeanor, didn’t stand a chance. This was outright bullying from Dominick’s end!

“He didn’t get off easy either Oscar seemed to sense her thoughts. Without lifting his head, he spoke slowly and deliberately.

ended up looking like you?” Molly followed up with a question, her brain suddenly clicking into place as her

hit her hard.

his usually emotionless face now clouded with a hint of gloom. Finally, in a soft voice, he told her, “Don’t let Babe know Molly

to say ‘habe‘ many times. His voice, like his personality, was gentle and pure, reminiscent of clear

“Babe“, it lacked any passionate undertones but sounded so natural, as if it were a habit

Dominick is back, why can’t Stephanie know?” Molly was

the antiseptic and ointment from the

the early hours, the Living room was quiet, with only Molly’s

glanced at the clock on the wall, which told her it was late into the dead of night, With that, she turned off the living room light and

soon returned to

that the guest room door next to hers was slightly ajar, and inside, a

their entire conversation.

really back, she

blankly at the window. A thin gauze curtain covered the right

it was too

the headboard, hugging her knees, and looked

two in the morning, with the minute hand

Sleep cluded her.

wished time would pass faster, and

arrive sooner

just like she had hoped for

back,

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