Chapter 164

lan watched as Grandma Rose dialed his father, but he didn’t concern himself with what she said. He just left, dragging his weary body into the enveloping night.

The darkness grew denser, a blanket of serenity over the land. Only the dim streetlights peppered along the sidewalks, sketching out a lonely, forlorn scene.

He didn’t take his car, just walked alone under the pitch dark sky. The night air was cool, slipping down his collar and chilling his chest with a surprisingly icy touch

Without realizing, he found himself in the alley where he first encountered Clara. The alley was derelict, the walls around him flaking and

dusty.

A few stray cats, startled by his presence, scurried into a comer, their round eyes fixed on him, meowing plaintively, just like Clara back

then

escape, but she

darkest moment, she saw him. Her eyes were moist with tears, and her face etched with fear. Her voice quivered as she pleaded for his help, “Save me” The sound was so fragile that it pierced his heart with a

Clara, watching his blood

concem.

stabbed at lan’s heart, making each breath feel

with all she had, but what about

but also caused

passion, not of the heart. He labeled her his sugar baby.

want her anymore, tossing a check at her, telling her to vanish

felt as if he was being torn apart from the inside. He wished he could slice off his own

to fall, with the icy raindrops landing on lan’s sharply defined

through. His clothes clung to his strong, upright

before taking an umbrella and stepping

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