Chapter 231

My head was swimming, a dull ringing in my ears as I sat rigidly on the edge of the bed,

*Phoebe?”

Dexter’s voice was calling out to me, but I was trapped in a dizzy haze. Suddenly, I stood up, and the world spun violently.

“Phoebe?”

Before my memory faded, did I suffer from some sort of psychological disorder? Was that why I specifically forgot everything about the orphanage, specifically forgot Colin? What on earth happened?

“Phoebe, forget it. I don’t blame you, just forget…*

“Phoebe, don’t be scared, I’ll always be by your side.”

“If your current life makes you feel at ease, then forget me…”

“Phoebe Caldwell, what am I to you? Am I just a forgotten relic in your memory?”

“Phoebe Caldwell, don’t die, please. Don’t turn me into your legacy, you know I can’t live alone.”

In the recesses of my mind, a voice was constantly screaming, crying, shouting.

“Phoebe, don’t leave me behind.”

like I had returned to the moment before my near–death, when I had fled disheveled from Nocturne, only to find myself cornered by vagrants in an alley. A tall, menacing figure, wielding a baseball bat, was

men.

her and you’re dead.”

be afraid, I’ve always been

part of

don’t blame you.

out in the alley from hypoglycemia, that same figure covered me with his jacket, letting me rest on his lap as

Colin.

It was Colin!

silhouette slowly came into

He

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face, his hands dripping with blood. His eyes were

“Colin… Colin.”

my eyes; he was always my salvation. To others, he might be a

alone.

with joy, placing the gift I had picked out for him on the table. “This is from my mom. I chose the clothes myself. Mom said you’re

genius, what would you want

“Love you…”

not, I’d love

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