NovelEnglishThe moment reached my door, | couldn’t hold back my tears anymore, | could see just how much my parents
were hurting. Yvonneused to be so close
to them.
She'd spend every winter and summer break at their place. Now, she wouldn't even see them. They must be
feeling so heartbroken.
| cried quietly for a while, and then cto terms with it. This was just a phase, and sooner or later, we'd get
through it.
My parents seemed to know | was hurting as well, so they just stopped mentioning Yvonne in front of me.
| kept going to work asual. By the third day, my parents were getting a bit restless, and with their vacation
almost over, | bought them plane tickets and saw them off at the airport mysell
During that time, Jared's parents treated my parents to dinner once. Not sure what they discussed, but when my
parents cback, they toldthat they respected my choice. Honestly, that really reassuredand gave
“Victoria, if you ever need somewhere to go after the divorce, just chome. You can always find something
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtsteady here,” my mom said, squeezing my fingers:
“She's gotten used to living in the city. She might not fit in back hanymore. It’s up to her,” my dad chimed
in.
| nodded to them.” know. I’m not a kid anymore. I'll be fine.”
Aber seeing my parents off, | headed back to the office. As soon as | stepped out of the elevator, Theard laughter
drifting from the meeting room.
A voice sounded, “Amy, is it really that far away? Is it really dangerous? You actually went exploring in deserted
caves? That's so cool! When | grow up, want to be just the you.”
“Really? You've climbed snowy mountains? And your biggest dream is to conquer Everest? That's the tallest one
in the world)”
Linstantly recognized Wonne's voice. Taking a deep breath, | walked by the door as if i didn’t care, keeping my
composure. Just then, the chatter inside suddenly stopped.
sitting on my desk. Next to it was a note, scrawled in Yvonne's messy
When | walked into my office, | saw a little flower made out of toy blocks sit handwriting: [Mom, I'm sorry. Here's
a flower for you.
| stared at it for a long while. Then, | gently moved it aside so I could get back to work. Emotions were just part
of being human, but they could really
mess with you
Back when Yvonne would show a little gratitude and givesomething, it would've made my file day.
But now, | was forcing myself to shove those feelings down. When i thought about everything I'd done for her, it
just leftfeeling numb inside.
| couldn’t help but suspect Jared had Yvonne bringthis little present, hoping it'd spark smotherly
feelings | barely had left. Gotta admit, Jared
really knew how to pull people’s strings..
But for someone who had already stared death in the face, kindness was a fatal weakness. Keeping my heart
hard-that was just how my life worked
now.
My office door was gently pushed open, and Yvonne cautiously poked her head in. She didn’t say a word, just
kept stealing glances at me. | treated her The she was invisible.
Wonne waited for a while, and when | still didn’t call her over, she started to get a little sulky, in the end, she
quietly closed the door
Just a few minutes later, she cback and opened the door again. This time, she wasn’t sneaking glances. She
stood there, nervously twisting her fingers, her big eyes full of grieved innocence as she looked at me.
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“Get out. Don’t botherwhile I'm working” | said coldly.
Wenne suddenly burst into tears. Then she threw the door open and ran out.
It wasn’t long before Jared carhe back, leading a bawling Yvonne by the hand, and knocked on my office door
again.
AD
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