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.

time before an automated voice informed her that the call could not be

up silently, wiping away a tear from the corner of

rational. When things

what she planned

felt a bit

had been a bumpy ride. But she had treasures she could boast about without hesitation, her 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

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lost in thought.

ready. Mona was

Outside, the sky grew darker, the faint rumble of thunder hinting at

of her thoughts, it was almost eleven. She felt physically drained, so she tried calling Maxwell one more

let out a bitter laugh, wondering when Maxwell would remember

appetite, Mona decided to go upstairs to freshen up. Just as she was

The caller was Maxwell.

Maxwell often ignored her calls, Mona

rung twice before she

me up from the club.

she could ask how much to bring, the

listened to the dial tone, Mona's

was already five past eleven, and she had to

brought two bodyguards, retrieved her bank card, and had Haley drive

rain had started outside, and the wind was bone-chilling. Mona wrapped herself in a down jacket before heading

especially empty at this hour, the car moving smoothly along

confusion. She no longer knew how to relate

was dark, and the

in the rain

club attendant was

smiled at Mona. "Oh, Mrs. Carter, Mr. Carter has been waiting for

attendant a polite