Chapter 248

I watched the man walk away, standing in the cold wind that seemed to cut through me. Wrapping my thin shawl tighter, I continued walking, my heels clicking softly against the pavement.

The streetlights flickered, casting an orange glow that stretched my shadow behind me, a lonely figure against the darkening night.

cashmere carpet were slow,

It wasn't far to my place, and when I finally got home, I first kicked off the shoes that had been digging into my feet. My steps on the cashmere my teet aching, leaving faint spots of blood that dotted the soft surface like tiny blossoms.

tused alcohol and cotton swabs to clean the wound with an antiseptic solution. Gritting my teeth, I cleaned the wounds, biting back the sting before finally covering the worst of it with a bandage.

My eyelids felt impossibly heavy. I couldn't right the exhaustion any longer, and soon, I let my eyes drift shut.

afternoon. A soft, blurry figure appeared in front of me. Slowly, it took shape, and I saw het-Grandma,

retum to that time when everything was simple, when she was healthy, when she

vanishing like a gentle fog swept away by the wind, leaving me alone in the gray world around

she was gone. It felt like a fleeting gift from the heavens, one brief moment to see

my face damp with tears. My swollen eyes

the person closest to me felt like an endless rainstorm had settled over my heart, one that

staring at the puffy, red eyes in the mirror.

unbearable, but there was nothing I could do to

present. Wincing from the

surprised by the call but not entirely shocked. We were often apart now, relying on these calls to keep our

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