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

touch my

rooftop catching some cold air when I saw her and panicked,

freaked out, thinking I was trying to kill her

not jump off, but I almost gave her a heart

us from mere roommates

and casually threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and

really do love

playfully, “I clearly

day, Margaret didn’t bother me, which was

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pretty smooth when I could just

when I left work that evening, I understood

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

commented on how close you have to be to

like a fishbone stuck in my

hard time, then showed up at my doorstep,

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