I shook my head, smiling softly. “Don’t blame me…”
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That was our last real conversation. After that, I slipped away again.
Every day, I heard voices–Yannick, Louisa, Jordan, Quella… Even James. But never my parents‘ voices.
Then, the machines blared. There was panic, shouting, and someone sobbing. Someone was crying for me?
Good. I had spent my whole life being selfless. Just this once, I chose me.
That was enough.
Soon, everything faded.
“Time of death, 23:43.”
And for the first time since Mrs. Jordan Senior died, Yannick cried.
I wanted to comfort him, but I was already gone.
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I collapsed at work and ended up in the hospital. The next thing I knew, my best friend came storming into my hospital ward, her
eyes wide open with panic. “What the hell happened to you?!”
I gave her a lazy smile. “No big deal. I guess I went a little too hard on the dieting.
“Dieting? For what?”
Quella flicked my forehead. “Who are you trying to impress?”
I rolled my eyes and stayed quiet. Some secrets were meant to stay secrets. Like the fact that I had been hopelessly, secretly in
love with Yannick. That day, when I ran into him, the first thing he said was, “You’ve been looking a little rounder lately.”
And just like that, I decided to starve myself.
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