Chapter 2017

Shirley was held tight in his embrace, frozen in the moment until she caught sight of Abner standing not too far off, her body stiffening instantly.

Abner, still with his backpack slung over his shoulders and his hair in disarray, looked as if he had just gotten back.

Shirley had spent the entire night at the hospital, and logically, Abner should have headed home to rest. Yet, there they were, bumping into each other at 4 a.m. beneath the dim streetlights of their neighborhood.

Without a second thought, Shirley pushed Mark away and strode towards Abner.

His lips were bruised, a purplish hue under the streetlights, and his arms bore multiple scars.

"Abner, what on earth happened?"

Abner's gaze, however, skimmed past her to Mark.

He saw them, clinging to each other. Was Shirley thinking of getting back together with Mark?

pain he hadn't felt before now seemed to

their house, but Mark chose

think it over. They both

in her

was more concerned about what had happened to

back home, Abner remained silent as Shirley flicked on the lights, revealing his condition more clearly. "Take off your

he had just witnessed, turned his head away, pretending not to hear. Shirley stepped forward, pulling up his shirt herself. Seeing the bruises on his

noticed his late returns home, assuming he was buried in his studies. "Abner, what's going on? Did someone hit you? Why are they so severe? If you don't tell me now,

me to

his shirt up and

and tried to pull his shirt down, but she snapped,

bruises and began gently pressing it into his

just Abner's imagination, the skin she touched

face

men in black suits were being even more demanding, pushing him

spent his days training with them. Perhaps because he had been used to hard labor

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