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.

sad and aggrieved, yet I had no one

my entire

my umbrella. I dragged my broken umbrella, wiping away the rainwater

tears from my cheeks.

thunderstorm alone like an abandoned puppy, sadly licking

wind 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

away after

strong that I couldn’t open my eyes. I could only walk back home

intuition.

would be home soon. I just had to

light of home would

night grew darker, the strange shadows cast by the streetlamps flitted through the buildings.

retract my foot fast enough. It felt like a large hand

landed on solid ground. Dirty

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

words, I recalled where it was and

in a life–or–death situation less than two weeks

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

Felix on that year’s Thanksgiving. Now, he was the bane of my existence. I would surely be down on

time and down a drain this

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