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.

while before Dailey moved back to his chair. Christine got

a cab and

connected, Merritt's anxious voice came

"Shouldn't I

grown man; the worst I'd get is a beating. It's different for a girl." "Especially a girl facing a

for Merritt

love him, but his

worry. On

"I'll warm up the

"Okay."

the window, the warm breeze

truly was a place to

the other side, the mood wasn't as

far off, had

some

noodles and

looking to refuel.

swelongs to

his meal when he saw

but Dailey didn't emerge from the

From a

e distance, the car

in dark cloud

foreboding presence within,

belongs to en.kikist

biting on a plastic fork, dropped a message in the

to Mistwood, it was PrimoQuinn tagging

Vista Town, keeping

at Merritt's doorstep at

host,

roasted sweet potato, he saw the

potato suddenly

Done for.