Chapter 36
When she und this, Trould see her tiembling boshy and the tight clench of her hand.
Tonolds 1 see her face, but the hated in her voice was unmistakable
When we were together, Terry treated me like his own son. He didn’t care about my humble background or that I had nothing tu Bat when he tell seriously ill and was hospitalized, 1 didn’t visit him once. Worse, let Ophelia during that time.
He hated for me was justified
Idenched my fat and looked at her. She kept her back turned “Fine. I’ll go. If it can lessen your hatred, I’ll knoel until you’re satisfied!”
Ophelia let out a time laugh, het voce choked with emotion. “Until I’m satisfied De the Smith family’s legacy over to voul
even went out of his way to help me
vink you only hurt me? Have you forgotten how good my father was to you? He was ready to hand
“And what did you do? When he was gravely ill, and I needed you the most, you abandoned us!”
Her hands were halled into tight fits, and could tell that mentioning Terry opened a wound deep in her heart.
The deeper the pain, the stronger the hatred
Aner that day, I dipprated completely
Ophelia thought I was just bury and held out hope that I would come back.
for a whole week went by without a word from me. There were no calls and no texts. There was nothing
No matter how many times she tried to reach me, there was no response.
People around he told her I had probably left because didn’t want to get dragged i into the Smith Tamily’s troubles
fier all, during such a crisis, anyone connected to the Smith family would try to distance themselves. Every was foolding out for themselves when disaster struck
Especially someone like me, whose care was on the e. Why would I get involved with the mess her family was facing
When people rold Ophelia thus, the refused to believe them. “Ife’s not that landat person must him. He must have his reasons.
le ignored everyone’s doubts and chose to believe in me But then, a week later, she received a text from one night.
Aquel message, cold and heartless, each wordenting her deeply.
I was an id an underling Made had pierced her ches
Even so, the refused to believe it. She didn’t want to
tried calling me to confirm, but had blocked her by then.
I had shut her calls and messages, along with every other possible way to reach nie, all downt.
Keen mutual friends and classmates couldn’t reach me one knew where had go on why I had disappeared. It
It wasn’t until then that Ophelia realized the rumors te tage. I had trally left her,
After when the needed me out, had abandoned her and disappeared, leaving everything behind.
And just when that was trying to prou my betrayal, the hospital called with bad new
was as if I had vanished into thin air.
She didn’t even have time to my disappearance. She rushed to the hospital, dividing her time between caring for Terry and managing the company. the bone the hardest, most painful, and most helpless days alone.
→You didiet jest hurt me. You leading later’s trust in you to and see it he forgives you first.”
As I looked intoten nekdenedayes, my chest felt tight, and couldn’t breathe. The paint deep, like a knife twisting in my heart.
