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.

I changed the subject with a

been

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

me touch my

cold air when I saw her

was trying to kill her

explained she was just trying to clear her head, not jump off, but

incident turned us from mere

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

do love me the

Christine cursed playfully, “I

didn’t bother me, which

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pretty smooth when I could

when I left work

night to get her a new car,

you have to be to someone to get matching cars in the same

fishbone stuck

hard time, then showed up at my

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