Jake had been getting a lot of hate online, but
he was strangely happy. He knew that I was still
alive! He knew that I had posted these things
online.
He hadn’t been sleeping, and every time he
closed his eyes, he could see me, all proud and
stubborn. He knew he had done something
wrong. He had been in love with me. He had
been stupid to have been with Mia.
Jake posted a long love letter on social media.
“I’m sorry, I was wrong. I mistook my family
feelings for love. I love you only! I don’t know
what to do, without you! Come home, please, I
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want to start over!”
I just felt disgusted by what he said. The
internet hated him even more. “Why did you
start being nice now, you have been messing
around with your niece, and acting like you are
sorry! That’s disgusting!”
Jake said, “I never did anything to hurt her!”
He had done more than that. It was time for him
to pay. I needed to get better, so that I could go
back to dancing. My progress was way faster
than anyone would have expected. I was now
able to walk, I also went for an audition for a
local dance company.
My dance skills were not as good, but I was
hired as a backup dancer. It was not as good as
before. This was better than before, where I
had been unable to walk.
When I was fifteen, I had been the pre–chief
dancer. Now, I was at the bottom of the pile,
but I was determined to move up. It was sad,
but I had a second chance, and a renewed
hope.
In China, Mia was getting a lot of hate. Her job
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was canceled. It was also revealed that Jake
had paid for her position as principal dancer.
Mia was always missing training. She was busy
partying. It was revealed that there were better
dancers at the dance company. Mia and her
parents wanted Jake to marry her.
Jake had refused to marry her, and sold all his
shares of his company to her parents, to sever
all links with the family. “I only love you, I won’t
marry anyone else.”
Then his assistant called him. “We found her!
She’s in Switzerland!”
Jake had been tensed up for months, finally he
could relax. He found her. He got the first flight
to Switzerland.
The Final Performance
I was working hard at the dance company,
working every day. The other members said that
they had never seen anyone love dancing like
- me.
I was always at the dance room, eating and
sleeping there. I wanted to become the best
dancer, which is why I always practiced 3 hours
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a day. My boss saw how hard I was trying and
gave me a part in the performance. Even
though I was a background dancer, it was
important to me. I cried tears of joy. The boss
patted me on my back and said, “Hard work will
pay off.”
On the day of the show, I was dancing behind
the main dancer, and I saw the light beaming on
my toe. I felt like I was reborn.
The show finished. There was a lot of people
clapping, and I saw Jake, staring at me with
flowers in his hand.
“I’ve finally found you,” he said, crying.
“I was wrong about everything. I mistook my
family love for you. I was wrong to think that I
loved Mia. After you left, I realized how silly I
was. I was a fool to think that I didn’t know who
I truly loved!”
“I’m no longer part of the family, I burned
everything in the storage room, and I had the
house demolished. There is nothing to link me
to Mia anymore.”
“Come home with me, let’s move to a new
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place, and start over. Please?”
I felt nothing towards him. “Is that all, Jake?
Are those the only things that you did?”
Jake’s face turned pale. He stammered, “What
else is there?”
“I love you. There will be no one that can get
between us, in the future!”
I held my phone up and played a recording. It
was of the driver that had hit me. He said that
Jake had paid him to hit me. The order had
been to kill me, but the driver couldn’t do it, so
he slowed down when he hit me.
“If I had just been lightly injured, would you
have hired someone else to hit me?”
When Mia had insulted me, I knew that Jake
was the only one that had organized the hit.
Otherwise Mia would have mentioned it.
Jake was in shock. He said, “Let me explain, I
hurt you for Mia, but I love you now! I’ll make it
up to you for the rest of my life.”
I showed him the headlines. “It’s too late, keep
your excuses to tell the police.”
As I finished, the local police came into the
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room and surrounded Jake.
Justice Served
My private detective had told me when Jake
was about to fly over to see me. I wanted to get
him when it counted. He wouldn’t be able to
defend himself in another country.
The police had already contacted the
authorities, and were waiting for me to give the
order to arrest him.
Jake couldn’t believe it. He shouted, “Why did
you do this? I loved you so much! You’ve
destroyed me!”
“If you came with me, I could have protected
you! All the dance resources you want, I could
have given it to you! Why did you do this?!”
I was relieved that I didn’t falter at the last
minute. He was selfish to the very end. I
laughed at him, “You never loved me, you only
ever loved yourself. Who are you to decide who
deserves love and the ability to dance?! Your
protection means nothing to me. Being loved by
you is a shame.”
“I want you to pay for your crimes, in jail!”
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Jake’s face was in disbelief.
Jake was sent back to China, tried in court, and
sentenced to 10 years in prison. The driver was
sentenced to 5 years.
I kept on practicing at the dance company,
working to get my dream back. I had a better
future to look forward to.
