Dorothy lingered in silence so long that she feared the voice that would eventually break it wouldn't even sound like her own.

"Then... don't come back." Everett remained silent.

"Everett, go back to where you belong,” she added.

He clenched his fists so tightly that the veins on the back of his hands stood out like angry rivers.

"How do you do it? How can you say something so heartless without batting an eyelash? Huh?" His voice was hoarse, dripping with despair.

Dorothy had a knack for smashing his slowly gathered courage, his glimmers of hope, into oblivion, leaving nothing behind! And just moments ago, everything was fine. They were holding hands in the cab back from the airport! "Because I'm just a rock, I don't have warmth," Dorothy replied, her gaze piercing through him as she enunciated every word.

"I never asked you to change!" He had been trying his whole life to reshape himself! He was chiseling away, just hoping to fit into the mold

I didn't admit it, I think you knew. The photos he showed me, you've seen them, haven't you?" Everett's lips pressed into a thin line. "Yes." "Then, that day after you saw them, I noticed something off about you." Dorothy's smile was a twisted mimicry of warmth. "Tell me the truth, were

was finally ready to accept Dorothy. They could be together at last, and he could proudly claim Dorothy as his

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dug into her flesh, grounding her enough to get the words out. "I can trust Karen, even Kenneth completely, because their parents aren't involved in this mess. But you, you're different! It was your mother who deliberately murdered the last

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