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.

pestered–not by Logan,

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

the chance.

know. It was my dad’s old number, one I’d kept in the

not in a rush,” I said, glancing around the unfamiliar city. Everything seemed to slow down.

find a good hotel in a safe area. Check the closet and under the bed before you sleep.

door,”

touched by her concern. “Alright, I will. I promise.”

relief. “Elaine, you must take good care of yourself,

matter what.”

dad went through so much here. Even though I didn’t grow up here, I feel

with an address from his old diary. I handed the driver my phone and said, “Please

at me. I couldn’t help but look at him too, and I was a little

somewhat intimidating. Over the

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had interacted with were always meticulously groomed, usually dressed in suits

impression of someone

a pepper spray and a folding knife into

could reach for them, the man had already

that look he had given me?

this city, started racing

paid and got out. Watching the vehicle

until the morning to look for my parents‘ old home. But now that I was here, there was no point in

neighborhood looked very 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 instead.

I followed the house numbers along the street until I

Only a fool would rent

scoffed as I stepped inside. It was a small courtyard, surrounded by rooms on all sides, with a tree standing in

a honey locust. It had been there since my dad’s childhood.

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or a place

turned to see an old woman with gray hair,