hapter 89

The next morning. Ellie went back to visit her parents and stayed overnight, returning the following day. During this time, Alex sent her a message, telling her she was not allowed to go abroad but she could make any other requests. She read his message but didn’t reply.

In the morning. Ellie went to the bar and told Whitney about he plans to go abroad. At noon, she met Aaron for lunch. After that, she returned to her apartment and cleaned it thoroughly. When she checked the time, it was almost seven, leaving her less than two hours until her flight.

Ellie stood in the empty room and instinctively moved to the balcony. In the closet there, she found the comics she had drawn her little secret and the proof of her long–standing crush on Alex that had endured for seven years.

While living with the Warren family, she had switched hiding places for these items multiple times. When she went to Jinerity for college, she organized them overnight and locked them in a suitcase.

After finishing college and moving back, she brought them into her small rental. Once she moved to her current place, she tucked them away in the closet.

Countless times, she had considered destroying them, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. No matter where she went, she always took the drawings along.

She’d find a way to make room for them even in the smallest of spaces. Just like no matter how much it hurt, there was always a place for him in her heart.

Even though it was just an outline without any features, that face had long been engraved in

realized she

airport. She set her luggage down and urged her brother to go home. “You should go

when I arrive.”

She assumed her mom was just

said before hanging up. announcement for the security check was already being broadcast. After hesitating for a

The

just when the bar was starting to get busy. Whitney answered Ellie’s call but couldn’t hear well, so she stepped

and have someone drive it over to your parents right away,” Whitney reassured Ellie over the

stopping Whitney as she was about to leave.

broke his leg and he’s in the hospital. The medical booklet Ellie got for him

of the bar. He rushed to Ellie’s apartment at top speed, only to

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