More Than A Favor

Chapter 26

“What’s the use of missing them? Focus on what you’re going to do next,” Nora said, noticing the pain in my eyes and deliberately changing the

subject.

“Since you broke up with Logan, are you still going to work for him?” Nora

asked.

The water boiled, so I made two cups of instant coffee. “I’ve already sent the handover materials to the respective people. I’ve written my resignation letter. Once the amusement park inspection is done, I’ll resign.”

“Good choice. The idea of staying friends after a breakup is nonsense. Only distance helps you move on.” Nora fully supported my decision.

I nodded.

Nora, worried I might feel sad, didn’t linger on the subject. She glanced around my house and said, “You should get some new appliances here- maybe a fully automatic washing machine, a coffee machine, and a robot.

vacuum.”

“I’ll do it once I get back,” I replied.

Nora, sipping her coffee, looked at me curiously. “Where are you going?”

It took me four hours to reach Amaty by high–speed rail. The city lights were just coming on. It wasn’t as bustling as Hilcord, but it was still brightly lit, with the charm of a small town. Nora’s call came right on time. “Are you there yet? Have you found a place to stay?” she asked.

She hadn’t expected me to leave so quickly. When she’d asked earlier where I was going, I gave her the address and the time of my train ticket.

Nora thought I was leaving in such a hurry to avoid Logan, assuming I was afraid he’d try to cling to me.

I told her she was wrong–Logan wouldn’t do that. He was probably still angry. After all, I’d stood him up.

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And now, it seemed I was right. Since the time he’d called to ask why I didn’t show up to register for our marriage, he hadn’t texted or called me

once.

be pestered–not by Logan, but by Tessa and Ethan. They’d

final. Trying to persuade me would only waste their energy and exhaust me. So, it was better to leave quickly

the chance.

number now–a number Logan didn’t know. It was my dad’s old number, one I’d kept in the other slot of my phone for ten years. It had

glancing around the unfamiliar city. Everything seemed

area. Check the closet and under the bed before you sleep.

and door,”

laughed softly, touched by her concern.

sighed in relief. “Elaine, you must take good

matter what.”

hometown, Nora,” I said. “My mom and dad went through so much here. Even

of my dad’s handwriting–a note with an address from his old diary. I handed the driver my

but look at him too, and I was a little

man looked rough and somewhat intimidating. Over the

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had interacted with were always meticulously groomed, usually

of someone who had

on my backpack. Nora had slipped a pepper spray and

I could reach for them, the man had already started the car

look he had

after arriving in this city, started racing erratically. Distracted by my wariness, I didn’t even notice the

and got out. Watching the vehicle

had been reckless. I could’ve waited until the morning to look for my parents‘ old home. But now

old. The walls were crumbling, the uneven ground was full of potholes, and puddles dotted the road. My suitcase couldn’t be pulled along this street, so I had to carry it

Old Alley. I followed the house numbers along the street until I found it. There was even

this place? Only a fool would rent a house

stepped inside. It was a small courtyard, surrounded by rooms on all sides, with a tree standing in the middle. It was too dark to tell what kind of

already knew–it was a honey locust. It had been there

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for someone or a place

to see an old woman with gray hair, leaning on