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

to escape, but she had run into a

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

but he got stabbed in the thigh. Clara, watching his blood seep out, couldn’t stop her

concem.

the memories stabbed at lan’s heart, making each

Clara loved him with all she had,

deeply but

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

a check at her, telling her to

as if he was being torn apart from the inside. He

fall, with the

the building’s entrance, soaked through. His clothes clung to his strong, upright frame. He stood there in the pouring rain, his gaze heavy with sorrow as

a few seconds before taking an umbrella and stepping into her car.

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