Chapter6
Rose fell a few times in mid–air. The man who was supposed to catch her fell to the ground.
She screamed and hit Joel’s body.
Joel was smashed and looked at his legs.
“What’s going on?”
“My legs…
He tried to brace himself, but his legs wouldn’t move.
“Why can’t I feel my legs?“”
He hit his legs and shouted.
But it didn’t work. He still had no feeling in his legs.
He couldn’t accept he was crippled and moved around like a madman,
The audience was shocked and the camera quickly cut away.
My heart didn’t change. I turned off the TV and stood up.
My heart pounded as I took my first step, holding onto the
wall
It felt good to stand on the ground. I felt solid.
I walked until I was exhausted.
I laughed lying on the floor on my back.
I should have left those people and things sooner.
Although I am indifferent to their affairs now, the severity of this mistake has escalated to an uncontrollable level.
They were originally expected to represent their country and win a gold medal, but in the end, they didn’t even touch the edge of a medal. People were cursing Joel, saying he hid his leg injury to get money from sponsors.
Some say he took bribes.
People started to speculate about this sudden incident, from personal behaviour to the dignity of the family and country.
Many fans of Joel and Rose were disappointed.
Rose also issued a blog statement. She said that she and Joel are not boyfriend and girlfriend.
I didn’t expect the netizens to act so quickly. As soon as the statement was sent out, they started to dig up all her embarrassing past
She posted a video overnight, clearing her name.
They broke up.
Joel’s lawyer is suing the netizens who started the rumour.
They thought about it and gave the lawyer’s letter to Rose since they can’t blame everyone.
After all, she was s the one who started everything.
The public saw Joel as a sinner and never forgave him.
Just when he was alone, his brother called. He asked why I hadn’t come back. He is in trouble, so why am I still running around?
I hung up without waiting for him to finish.
The phone rang again after a few seconds.
“What do you want? If you want me to take care of him, remember wo divorced a long time ago.”
Adam paused, his voice gentler. “He is in a bad way. He cut his leg today”
“Is it about me?”
“Didn’t you clap your hands when we divorced?”
“I’m sorry. I was wrong. Can you see him? He says he regrets divorcing you and wants to apologise.”
Joel isn’t really sorry. He can’t accept his legs are broken and is trying to find balance in my body.
I spoke calmly, “You tell him I don’t need to. Just don’t bother me in the future.”
Adam began to speak out of turn, “You’re just starting to dislike him because you see that he has a broken leg
“There’s no need, he’s not my boyfriend.”
I hung up the phone and blocked Adam’s number.
