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I quickly moved into the new home that Kevin and I would share. It was bought for us by Grandpa.
I severed ties with my parents and even blocked Stuart.
I despised conflict, and loathed it when people demanded my apologies without grasping the full story.
As Yolanda used to point out, my personality
was like a useless stone.
Unmovable, yet irritating to behold.
But that’s just who I was.
It had been a long time since I’d seen Kevin. Since that night, we hadn’t crossed paths for a
month
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It didn’t matter. I swallowed the bitterness in my
heart.
I tried to find solace for myself, and comfort Grandpa too.
Grandpa was always worried about me, afraid
that I’d be mistreated.
Maybe it was because his impression of me, when we reunited at eighteen, was so vivid that he still saw me as a child in need of protection.
But I was an adult now. I had to take
responsibility for my own life and didn’t want Grandpa to worry.
I wanted to build my own career.
But just as I was ready to embrace my new life, Kevin returned.
He looked worn out and defeated as Leat poke
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Unsure of what to say, I chose to remain quiet.
“Noe, let’s live a good life together.”
His voice was low, heavy. I didn’t understand at
first.
“Why are you suddenly saying this?”
A flicker of complex emotions flashed in Kevin’s
eyes.
He hesitated, clearly reluctant to speak, yet eventually the words spilled out.
“I found out. About what happened a year ago… out in the countryside.”
It felt as if lightning had struck me, leaving me frozen in place.
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What happened a year ago, out in the
countryside, was something I never wanted to
mention again.
That night, I was assaulted.
They eventually caught the perpetrator–a middle–aged man.
He said:
“She dressed so nicely, wasn’t she just trying to
seduce me?”
I never wanted to hear anything about that
night for the rest of my life, never wanted to relive those memories, yet he mercilessly tore open my wounds again.
Each word pierced my heart like a blade.
“I’m sorry, I apologize on behalf of Yoli. She’s
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still young and didn’t understand. This has been so long ago. I’m sorry.”
A bitter, mocking smile spread across my
face, and I almost lost control, standing up to
confront him.
But my leg betrayed me, and I collapsed back down helplessly.
“Do you think an apology will fix this?”
“Why, huh? Why did you both say you were going to watch a meteor shower that night?”
“Why did you leave me behind, fully aware of my leg troubles and that couldn’t climb the mountain? Yet, you still went ahead without
me.”
“You left me all alone, in the countryside, in the
middle of nowhere.”
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My voice cracked, the words thick with emotion.
Tears streamed from my eyes uncontrollably as I stared at Kevin, who remained silent.
I was falling apart. That night, I had witnessed.
the meteor shower too.
But it was so faint, so elusive, the entire night sky looked as if it had just weathered a heavy
rain.
“Kevin, if it had been her that night, would you still speak of it so lightly?”
I didn’t want to look at him anymore. This was his life, his idea of ‘living a good life.’
The truth, delayed by a year, now laid before me
in a gory mess.
Back at the police station, Yolanda kept urging
me not to make a fuss of it saving that if I did
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I believed her, and when the perpetrator was finally caught, I thought that was enough. Punish him, and that would be the end of it.
I buried the pain deep within me, but every night, it haunted me, waking me from my sleep.
Now, Yolanda was dead, and the criminal had been apprehended.
I couldn’t understand–why had she done this
to me.
I hobbled toward the stairs, wiping away the tears that streamed down my cheeks.
She was gone–what could I do now?
Yolanda, you still won.
You were the lofty princess, and your knight would always clear the way for you.
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So he pitied me with a scrap of love, merely to
silence me.
And to protect your worthless reputation.
