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

eyes, “Who was it that was crying their eyes out on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over my hands, begging me not

up made me touch my nose in embarrassment.

rooftop catching some cold air when I saw her and panicked, rushing over to pull her

was trying to kill her and

was just trying to clear her head, not jump off, but I almost

mere roommates into

bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest to the office, snack on them

love me

cursed playfully, “I clearly only love

bother me, which

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was actually pretty smooth when I could just focus

when I left work that evening, I understood why.

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

on how close you have to be to someone to get matching cars in

a fishbone stuck in

hard time, then showed

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