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.

and aggrieved, yet I had no

filled my entire

I dragged my broken umbrella, wiping away the rainwater

tears from my cheeks.

like an abandoned

back usually took only about 20 minutes, yet every step I took was strenuous.

umbrella away after it became a

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

intuition.

I would be home soon. I just had

of home

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

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

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

about an abandoned storm drain

I recalled where it was and was certain I had fallen

life–or–death situation less

and my friends beside me the last time. But this

luck ended with Felix on that year’s Thanksgiving. Now, he was the bane of my existence.

and down a drain