Chapter 52

“Is that all?” I asked, pushing for more.

“Yeah, that’s all.”

Chapter 52

I raised an eyebrow, “You don’t like him at all?”

“A little, I guess.”

After Christine replied, she suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, “But what’s the use of liking someone? My mom used to say she married my dad because they were madly in love.”

“But that didn’t stop them from throwing dishes at each other when they fought. Is there anything like true and lasting love in the world?

I knew, deep down, she didn’t believe in love, not even familial love.

After her father’s business went belly up, he turned to drinking, gambling, and started to lash out, hitting both his wife and Christine.

Her mom just disappeared one day, leaving her to grow up with that excuse of a father, taking beatings more times than she could count.

so I changed the subject with a grin, “But why have your so

been

on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over my

me

air when I saw her and panicked, rushing over to pull her back from what I

trying to kill her and

was just trying to clear her head, not

incident turned us from mere roommates into inseparable

small laugh and casually threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some bagels and yogurt, take the rest

really do love me the

“I clearly only

Margaret didn’t bother me, which was a rare

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smooth

I left work that

just one night to get her a new car, painted exactly like mine,

on how close you have to

like a fishbone

hard time, then showed up at my doorstep, claiming he

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