Goodbye, My Love

“I’LL find someone to repair the castle. Don’t try to get Marina out of punishment.”

Marco’s face darkened. Laura fell silent, too terrified to argue. She cried as she watched her daughter being dragged away

The only one who might’ve been able to stop Marco was Liza, but she was still lying in the hospital right now.

Having dealt with his family’s mess, Marco went to the bar to drink.

Jimmie and Slater joined him.

“It is fine, Marco. You just lost some money. You can earn that much back in a minute.” Slater’s consolation was always so simple.

a sidelong glance at Slater, Jimmie clinked his

polished off half a bottle of whisky,

how much money he’d lost. Those sorts

stand was the intimacy between Loraine and

Slater began to speak without thinking. “Loraine is just a poor country girl. How does she know so many

a high-ranking government official,

It’s weird!”

Jimmie joined in.

even more confusing is that after Loraine dropped out of middle school, she went to Presal Institute of Art. Who paid her tuition fees? Marco, you’d

back another glass of whisky and then looked at Jimmie

course not.” Jimmie’s expression changed slightly as he fell into thought. “But I know what you mean. ALL the facts and mistruths surrounding Loraine’s past were exposed. Someone must have conspired