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.

was so sad and aggrieved, yet I

filled my

strong wind upturned my umbrella. I dragged my broken umbrella, wiping away

tears from my cheeks.

alone like an abandoned puppy,

strong 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 steps

the umbrella away after it

wind and rain were so strong that I couldn’t open my eyes. I could only

intuition.

consoling myself that I would be home soon. I just had to

light of home would be

the strange shadows cast by the streetlamps flitted through the buildings. They seemed like

ground. I couldn’t retract my foot

world swam before me as I landed on solid ground. Dirty water

me this morning about an abandoned storm drain on the street. It

it was and was certain I had fallen

less than two weeks past

Jade and my friends beside me the last time. But

year’s Thanksgiving. Now, he was the

time and down a drain this time. What

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