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

the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over my hands, begging

touch

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

was trying to kill her and

head, not jump off, but

mere roommates into inseparable best friends.

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

really do love me the

Christine cursed playfully, “I

day, Margaret didn’t bother me, which was a

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when I could

I left work that

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

you have to be to someone to

a fishbone stuck

hard time, then showed up at my doorstep, claiming

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