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

trying to escape, but she had run

voice quivered as she pleaded for his help, “Save me” The sound was so fragile that it pierced his heart with a searing

the thigh. Clara, watching his blood seep out, couldn’t stop her tears. Strangely, in

concem.

in the alley, the memories stabbed at

Clara loved him with all she had, but what about

had not only hurt her deeply but

relationship a fling of passion, not

didn’t want her anymore, tossing a check

he had ever spoken, lan felt as if he was being torn apart from the inside. He wished he

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

stairs to find lan standing there like a statue at the building’s entrance, soaked through. His clothes clung to his strong, upright frame. He stood there in

gaze for a few seconds before

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