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.

wanted to lighten the mood, so I changed the subject with a

been

it that was crying their eyes out on the rooftop in the dead of winter, snot and tears all over

me touch

her and panicked, rushing over to pull her back from

trying to kill her

explained she was just trying to clear her head, not jump off, but I almost gave her a heart

us from mere roommates into inseparable

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

really do love me

“I clearly

bother me,

Chapter 52

Ferguson Group was actually pretty smooth when I could just focus on my

when I left work

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

to be to someone

felt like a fishbone stuck

give me a hard time, then showed up

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