The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 98 Chapter 98

Night had fallen. The city outside was aglow, a kaleidoscope of neon lights merging with the red sea of taillights from rush-hour traffic. Together, they formed the quintessential scene of a bustling city.

Amity Tower was located in the heart of the city. Its massive floor-to-ceiling windows made the view outside look like a framed picture.

Hendrix stood before the window, staring outside blankly. He fiddled with a lighter in his hands, flicking it on and off.

s memories of his father, Gerald Freeman, were fragmented, almost nonexistent. When he thought back now, all he could recall was the stem face of a man who held him to high standards. And later, the image of a frail, bedridden man who could no longer care for himself.

Hendrix had been just 12 years old when Gerald passed.

There hadn't been much of a bond between them, but at least, he seemed like an ordinary father in his memories.

Hendrix felt that his parents had a loving relationship. Otherwise, why would she have remained loyal to his memory for all these years?

Even the marriage to Noelle had been his mother's doing to fulfill Gerald's dying wish.

But now, all of that felt like it had been torn apart, exposing an ugly truth beneath the surface. It was as though he had been living a lie his entire life."

time before tossing it onto

already

so much as

could say a

time. But when he stepped inside, he was met with

the lights. The

night, after she had bitten him, he hadn't let her off so

last time he saw her was in the bathroom. He remembered it clearly-her tears, her desperate

the ridiculous things she had said at

would stay here for at least a day or two. Clearly, he had

couch, but the lingering scent of cleaning supplies in the air made

there with his eyes closed, the more the emptiness of the space unsettled him. Finally, he

and left.

at Serene

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