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.

wanted to visit this place. I also didn’t want to be pestered–not by Logan, but by Tessa and Ethan. They’d definitely

and exhaust me. So, it was better to leave quickly and

the chance.

my dad’s old number, one I’d kept in the other slot of my phone for ten years. It

glancing around the unfamiliar city. Everything

a safe area. Check the closet

and door,”

softly, touched by her concern. “Alright,

sighed in relief. “Elaine, you must take good care of

matter what.”

dad went through so much here. Even

opened the photo album on my phone and found a picture of my dad’s handwriting–a note with an address from his old diary. I handed the driver my phone and

the screen, then looked up at me. I couldn’t help but look

and somewhat intimidating. Over

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groomed,

of someone who had just

my backpack. Nora had slipped a pepper spray and

the man had already started the car without saying

look he had given me?

which had felt calm after arriving in this city, started racing erratically. Distracted by my wariness, I

and got out. Watching the

at this hour had been reckless. I could’ve waited until the morning to look for my parents‘ old home. But now that I was here, there was no point in second–guessing my

potholes, and puddles dotted the road.

the house numbers along the street until I

rent this place? Only a fool would rent a house

as I 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

It had been there since my

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place to stay?” an ddefy

old woman with gray hair, leaning on a thin cane,