Chapter 91

"It's all my fault; I was so careless and spilled the soup all over your jacket... Why don't you give it to me, and I'll wash it clean for you?"

Stella stood outside the door, unable to see their expressions.

Haynes was silent for a long time before he finally spoke three words.

"No need." His voice was steady, devoid of any anger, as calm as ever. It was as if the stained jacket was just another piece of clothing, nothing special.

"I noticed you've been wearing that jacket a lot lately; you must really like it, right? Haynie, since I made the mess, I insist on cleaning it. I promise I'll make it spotless..."

Rachel's voice suddenly changed, tinged with a hint of tears, as if she'd been struck by a thought.

"Haynie, do you hate me now? Is that why you won't give me the jacket?"

"No."

Rachel sobbed softly, "Really?"

"Yeah."

can you let

the silence stretched on much longer than before. Eventually, Haynes sighed and uttered

smile through her tears,

Stella heard the front

waited a good thirty minutes. When she

nurses holding

a jacket dirty and just toss it

tossing a jacket a day wouldn't

If Ms. Pearce

it, what the rich discard isn't ours

threw the jacket into the

left, Stella

the jacket she had gifted Haynes. Her grip on it tightened

Stella decided to stop waiting

she was

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