Lost Me Gained Regret

In the end, he caved.

"I won't tie you down, just don't be with Merritt."

Wasn't that still a demand?

She had to bend to his will to gain her freedom.

Christine shook her head, weary.

Dailey felt like his head was about to explode.

After much thought, the conversation circled back to the beginning.

"Why did you break up with me?"

"Fell for Merritt?"

Christine had been flying back and forth these past few days, truly exhausted.

She had imagined that upon reaching Helena's cozy backyard, she'd just crash on the sun lounger for a bit, to catch her breath.

The airplane food was atrocious. Merritt had texted her upon her landing, mentioning Helena had saved her some dinner.

And there was roasted sweet potato.

Instead, she found herself cornered by Dailey, unable to rest or eat.

She had no patience for this endless back-and-forth.

"Yes."

As her words fell, she shifted from sitting to lying down.

Dailey loomed over her, his gaze heavy, a vast shadow casting a cold air around her.

Yet, she simply looked at him with a cool detachment, making no move to resist.

Dailey moved back to his chair. Christine got up, opened the

cab and dialed

anxious voice came through,

"Shouldn't I be

I'm a grown man; the worst I'd get is a beating. It's different for a girl." "Especially a girl facing a man with overpowering force. You'd definitely be at a

for Merritt were

couldn't love him, but

worry.

relief, "I'll warm up the

"Okay."

hung up, gazing out the

was a

the other side, the mood

far off,

some

noodles and

looking to refuel.

swelongs to

preparing his meal

upstairs together, but Dailey didn't emerge from

From a

e distance, the car

shrouded in dark

foreboding presence within,

belongs to en.kikist

dropped a message in the group

it was

Vista Town, keeping

was at Merritt's doorstep at the

ever the good host,

into the roasted sweet potato, he

suddenly lost its

Done for.