Lost Me Gained Regret

Chapter 52

“Is that all?” I asked, pushing for more.

“Yeah, that’s all.”

Chapter 52

I raised an eyebrow, “You don’t like him at all?”

“A little, I guess.”

After Christine replied, she suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, “But what’s the use of liking someone? My mom used to say she married my dad because they were madly in love.”

“But that didn’t stop them from throwing dishes at each other when they fought. Is there anything like true and lasting love in the world?

I knew, deep down, she didn’t believe in love, not even familial love.

After her father’s business went belly up, he turned to drinking, gambling, and started to lash out, hitting both his wife and Christine.

Her mom just disappeared one day, leaving her to grow up with that excuse of a father, taking beatings more times than she could count.

I wanted to lighten the mood, so I changed the subject with a grin, “But why have your so good to me all these years?”

been

their eyes out on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over my hands, begging me not to jump?”

up made me touch my nose

when I saw her and panicked, rushing over to pull her back from what I thought was the

freaked out, thinking I was trying to kill

to clear her head, not jump off, but I almost gave her a heart attack.

mere roommates into

“Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest to the

really do love me the most.”

“I clearly

didn’t bother me, which was a rare occurrence.

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pretty smooth when I could just focus

when I left work that evening,

to get her a new car, painted exactly like mine, and parked right next to

close you have to be to someone

a fishbone stuck

a hard time, then showed up at my doorstep,