Chapter 31 The Truth Natalie Knew

He kept watching, only to see Natalie get up to close the window because of the rain, accidentally knocking over their framed photo together.

From behind that photo slipped out another one-of him and Sharon.

Jensen froze.

When had he ever put that picture into the frame?

Why didn’t he remember it at all?

Then, in the video, Natalie was laughing and crying at the same time, looking as if she might shatter at any

moment.

Even through the screen, Jensen could feel her despair.

He instinctively reached out to caress the cold surface of the video, but then heard Natalie’s broken voice say, “So Sharon is really your crush, and I was just the fallback.”

“No! That’s not true! Natalie, it’s not like that!”

Jensen hurried to explain, but what kind of response could he expect from a cold recording?

He watched as Natalie yanked down the paper crane wind chime, smashed it, and swept it away like trash.

A sharp pain tore through Jensen’s chest.


“Why? Why would you do that? Do you know how many nights it took you to fold those cranes?”

“You knew they were the proof of our love. How could you be so cruel as to throw them away?”

Jensen clutched his chest, gasping for breath.

burned. He couldn’t seem to draw in

on her birthday? Just because

to her? What place did he,

inside

violent cough, Jensen spewed a mouthful of blood, splattering it all over his phone

knock came

If someone’s home,

voice sounded from beyond

first, Jensen had no intention of answering. But then

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something

didn’t want to miss anything that had belonged

from his lips, and hurried to

“Whose package?”

face and bloodshot eyes

“Uh, Ms. Summers’s package.”

husband. I’ll sign for

the pen, scrawled his name across the slip, and

was light, like

tore it

was inside, his eyes widened,

training

Fracian?


had Natalie

the certificate. It showed she had completed the full course over half a month. ago, and with

and Felix had been speaking

realized why Natalie had left so decisively after he abandoned her

everything he had

ago, that he and Sharon were

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