His Heart Is Now Elsewhere

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Chapter 7

At three in the morning, the room fell silent.

The sound of water in the bathroom rang out.

Maeve pulled back the curtain and walked out with her legs, which had lost consciousness.

She stepped over the scattered broken clothes, placed the memory card on the table, and opened the

door.

After a soft sound, a deep voice came from the bathroom.

“What sound? Is someone there?”

“How is it possible for someone to be here so late at night? Never mind, let’s try again.”

I slightly pushed open the bathroom door, then tightly closed it again.

Maeve turned around and looked at her reflection in the glass, then she turned back and closed the

door.

The streets in the early morning were empty, with no one and no cars.

She wandered aimlessly alone, with a buzzing sound in her ears, but her mind was completely

blank.

I don’t know how long we had been walking, but it was already dawn.

Maeve lifted her bruised eyes and realized, to her surprise, that she had unknowingly returned to her high school alma mater.

seven o’clock was very quiet. She walked

dusty memories

hall with roses for her birthday, and confessed his love to her in front of the whole school at the flag–raising platform.

past, but Maeve, who was in the

different.

She w

the headmaster who happened to be going to work.

almost all the teachers recognized her, and the principal smiled and

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you suddenly come back to school? And where is Donte? I heard engaged

smile and changed the

you

two p

been a long time since I last came back, so I thought I’d drop by

walked and talked, recalling many past events and feeling a thousand emotions.

the director seemed to remember something and took out a yellowed diary from the office cabinet and handed

to do during our study sessions. I took it from Donte’s hands. Since your good times are approaching,

a moment, then took it and bowed

back, she opened her diary and saw Donte’s flamboyant handwriting.

but she smiled at me today,

was too long. I waited downstairs at Maeve’s house for four hours before I

me so angry. I ended up

birthday. Seventeen–year–old Donte’s only wish was to be with sixteen–year–old Maeve, forever, never to be apart.”

writing down the thoughts

she watched, Maeve’s nose suddenly felt sour, and tears uncontrollably

it is a

also a

entrance of the villa, Maeve had already

emotions.