My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I stayed with Irvin in the hospital for a few hours. He had been given a sedative and was lying in bed, resting. He looked at the ceiling with his dark, deep eyes silently, like a corpse. His mind and soul felt like they were somewhere far away.

The doctor had come to check on him a few times. There wasn't any major problem with him, but his heart and lungs did stop functioning for a brief second due to extreme shock and stress. Fortunately, he was able to jump back to a normal and stable condition as he was healthy.

It was getting dark, so I went downstairs to buy some food. When I returned, the effects of Irvin's sedative had started wearing off.

He sat on the bed in a stiff and lonely manner. When he saw me, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Where is she?"

I understood that he was asking about Helen, so I suppressed the heaviness in my heart and said, "She had been sent to the funeral home."

I couldn't bear to look with my own eyes as she fell from the rooftop, but I heard the authorities using only one phrase to describe her body - 'meat pie'.

One could imagine what kind of bloody mess it was.

He nodded, his eyes cold; so cold that it felt somewhat unusual. Looking at the porridge in my hand, he asked, "Only porridge?"

I was surprised. I couldn't get used to his calm and indifferent manner after such a great tragedy had just happened. I nodded, then shook my head. "What would you like to eat? I'll buy it for you!"

this!" He took the bowl of porridge from me and started eating elegantly, as if his world

I didn't know how to comfort him. After a pause, I said, "Do you need anything else?

eyes

him to ask me that. I

up. Pulling over a coat on the

There was nothing unusual about him,

never seen on him before. There was hatred in him; a deep-rooted,

confused. Where did this hatred come

"Irvin, let's

didn't want him to go somewhere crowded. I was afraid of making him

the steering wheel. He paused, then looked at me and asked, "Why don't we

it's not my place to

car around and started driving

there was nothing left in the refrigerator as nobody had been here

said, "Wait for me. I'll drop by the supermarket downstairs for a quick

car keys down on the counter and looked at me.