The Queen's Back

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After returning home, Mona felt utterly exhausted. She took a quick nap and got up in the late afternoon to start preparing dinner.

When she picked up her phone, she noticed Maxwell hadn't replied to the message she'd sent him earlier.

A familiar sense of helplessness washed over her. She wondered when this kind of life would finally come to an end.

Mona said: [Maxwell, I'm getting dinner ready now. Let me know when you see this.]

Mona knew Maxwell wouldn't reply right away, so she didn't keep checking her phone.

Hattie prepared fresh vegetables and meat daily, so Mona glanced through the fridge before deciding on the evening meal.

She spotted her favorite steak and, given the cold weather, decided to make beef vegetable soup.

She also saw some tomato and remembered that Maxwell used to say he loved it. So, she planned to include it as the vegetable dish for dinner

As the food neared completion, the soup was already filling the kitchen with its aroma, leaving only the vegetable dish to prepare.

Thinking of Maxwell again, she washed her hands and went to the living room to check her phone.

There were several messages, mostly from her grandparents and her best friend, but nothing from Maxwell.

Mona couldn't help but open the chat with Maxwell first. Since his memory loss, it had become a one-sided conversation, filled almost entirely with her own words. Maxwell's responses were brief, with an occasional "okay" or "Not bad," or sometimes he didn't bother replying at all.

Reading through their chat history, Mona felt her eyes well up.

She realized she had become what people online now called a "simp."

She was clinging to Maxwell shamelessly, just as she once had with Teddy. It was as if everything had come full circle, only this time with a different person.

Without thinking for too long, Mona dialed Maxwell's number.

automated voice informed her that

wiping away a tear

couldn't be completely rational. When things upset her, she still cried. Somehow, crying seemed to

she planned to have for dinner and

heart felt a bit

grandparents' love and a decade-long friendship with Ava. These were her most precious gifts. After another attempt to call Maxwell went unanswered, Mona turned on the TV and sat on

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lost in thought.

nearly ready. Mona was waiting only for

round and round, Outside, the sky grew darker, the faint rumble of thunder

Mona snapped out of her thoughts, it was almost eleven. She felt

when Maxwell

upstairs to freshen up. Just as she was heading up,

The caller was Maxwell.

calls, Mona never

rung

me up from the club. Bring some cash.

much to bring, the line

listened to the dial tone,

already five past eleven, and she had

bank card, and had Haley drive her to the address Maxwell had

and the wind was bone-chilling. Mona wrapped herself in a down

seemed especially empty at this hour, the car moving

light rain danced in the air. Mona gazed at the drops on the window, feeling a fresh wave of confusion. She no longer knew how to relate to Maxwell. The car wound through the streets until it finally arrived at the illustrious club. The club's bright lights stood out among the buildings, its lavish decor radiating luxury. Haley got out, opened an umbrella, and helped Mona out,

night was dark, and the

walking in the

even entered, a club attendant was already at the door,

Mona. "Oh, Mrs. Carter, Mr.

attendant a polite