Goodbye, My Love

“Hey, I heard that Keely Haywood lost her mind and was sent to a mental institution. Is it true or just a rumor?”

However, after hitting send, her message was met with a prolonged silence.

The longer Marina was left waiting, the more her fury grew. On the brink of hurling her phone away in frustration, she clenched her jaw and growled, “A bunch of opportunistic hypocrites! They fawned over me like loyal pets when they needed something. Now, just because Marco has put me on a financial Leash and I had a couple of scandals, they treat me like I’m invisible?”

However, she knew deep down that they were nothing but a group of false friends. Reprimanding them would serve no purpose and would only instigate further ridicule.

In the midst of her disappointment, a private message suddenly flashed on her screen.

Upon seeing the sender’s name, Marina’s expression grew complex.

Colette, who also shared

close friends, they hadn’t spoken in a while following their failed attempt to

Angela’s Library

seemed as warm and friendly as ever, as if nothing had

of mine studying abroad visited the Conning Rehabilitation Center, where Keely is indeed residing. Other than looking a bit haggard, she appeared pretty normal, not like someone

paler. She stared at the message, a lump forming in her

that Keely wasn’t insane? Had Loraine and Marco used some tactic to directly commit her

pondered this, another message from

grim as Keely’s. At least I

a

only one harboring these thoughts! Colette too had the same

had crossed Loraine in the past, she had never committed offenses as grave as those of Marina and