Chapter 108

I’d love to tell Felix what I saw, even though he had hurt me in the past. We grew up together, so I didn’t

want him to get hurt. Yet, I found it hard to do that because he didn’t trust me.

Perhaps feeling uncomfortable under my intense scrutiny, he covered my eyes and offered to buy me a

meal. I turned him down right away. What happened last time still traumatized me. I didn’t want to relive

it again.

“Why not? Is it because of what happened last time? Don’t worry. It’s winter now. It won’t rain as much.

Come with me. I don’t want to be all alone.”

“Felix, you have a girlfriend. Lilac doesn’t like me. We should avoid hanging out together in case she gets

the wrong idea again.”

grew up together. You used to follow me around except for when

Why are you shunning

chuckled. “You chose

The silence dragged on for a while until he decided to leave my house. I watched his retreating silhouette and felt

were just neighbors.

the supermarket. She was carrying two bags of fresh food ingredients. She seemed to be preparing for a sumptuous meal. I watched

Lilac and she finish all

had gone back to Northpool to

jaw fell on the floor. “Am I imagining

She didn’t go back to

her house,” I

I hailed a cab and followed Lilac’s mom. Lilac lived in the neighborhood adjacent to mine. I could travel

cab, we saw Lilac and another man appearing from the house. They helped Lilac’s mom carry the grocery bags

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man–it was

so that she could get nasty with Shawn.

of its own.

who is

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