Seduced by My Childhood Sweetheart’s Brother

Chapter 41

I told myself I could do it. I could still be that cheerful young girl named Luna without him.

torrential rain had caused a brief flood to rise above curb–level. I couldn’t see the road or what was beneath my feet save for dark, muddy water.

It was a perfect metaphor for my current state after deciding to let go of Felix and stay away from him. I still hadn’t found a way nor knew what my next step should be.

I carefully felt my way into the water, tears falling down my eyes and blurring my vision.

I was aggrieved and angry. Why was I always the one left behind? What did I do wrong? I liked Felix so much and treated him like my everything. Why did he have to treat me this way in return? 1

Was shame the only result of liking someone?

I couldn’t hold back the tears as they fell.

I told myself not to cry. I had walked this street countless times that I could go back home with or

without Felix.

But I couldn’t control my aching heart. Tears continued falling as I saw Felix and Lilac running together, laughing in the rain in my mind’s eye.

so sad and aggrieved, yet

my

dragged my broken umbrella, wiping

tears from my cheeks.

thunderstorm alone like an abandoned puppy, sadly licking my own

slowed my path forward. The way back usually took only about 20 minutes, yet every step I took was strenuous. For every step I took forward, I’d be pushed back two

the umbrella away after it

so strong that I couldn’t open my eyes. I

intuition.

be home soon. I just had to hold on a little

of home would be waiting

by the streetlamps flitted through the buildings. They seemed like deadly

realized something was wrong with the ground. I couldn’t retract my foot fast enough. It felt like

me as I landed on solid ground. Dirty water fell down

storm drain on the street. It was dangerous as it didn’t have

and was certain I

less than two weeks past the

my friends beside me the last time. But this time. I was

he was the

down a drain