Chapter 80

Maybe it was inadvertent, or perhaps he remembered it was her birthday. She cried silently the entire drive while he watched her, never taking his eyes off of her. As they neared the house, he asked her, “Do you know what the bellflower stands for?”

Natalie wasn’t one for flowers, so she had no idea.

“It stands for uniqueness. Everyone in this world is unique, you included,” Brian told her.

From that day on, Natalie never forgot about the bellflower, a bloom that strangely touched her heart.

And ever since, on every birthday, someone would place a bunch of bellflowers in her room.

She wasn’t fond of flowers but made an exception for bellflowers.

That was how it had always been.

“Did you return to find that person?” Nina asked Natalie out of the blue before bedtime.

Sitting at her desk, Natalie paused, their eyes meeting. She stood up, walked over to the bed, and wrapped her arms around Nina, softly kissing her soft, fragrant hair. “Whether I found him or not, you have me, and that’s enough, right?”

“Yes,” Nina murmured after a moment.

Natalie could tell Nina was pretending not to care. But there was nothing she could do. They had been each other’s world for so long that being alone was bearable.

Nina’s emotional intelligence and intellect were well beyond her years. King had once tested her, and her mental age was on par with a ten–year–old.

knew Nina could discern truth from

arms, Nina whispered again, “Do you

afternoon.”

a long time before replying, “Of course

she missed him.

be here for you,” Nina said, hugging Natalie like she used to

kissing her again softly. “Go to sleep

her life was that God had sent her Nina

to hear you sing. You haven’t sung to me in a long time,” Nina mumbled,

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Natalie’s

soft, popular song that had been on the

lately.

the wind’s warm

you’re

of the earth suddenly feel

fly away with a pride, leaving me

vows unspoken, repeated yet

gets blown by the monsoon,

far away, your silent profile.

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