My phone fell to the floor.
I had a friend look at your diagnosis,” he wrote.
“Your leg isn’t disabled after all.
“It can be healed with just one operation.”
My leg wasn’t disabled.
My hand shook as I deleted the message.
I used to fall trying to walk.
Each step felt like my flesh was on fire.
I grit my teeth and bore it. Now I was being told
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I can walk again.
I began to cry.
What was Liam’s goal by watching me walk
with so much struggle?
I was on the ground, my face buried.
“Sophie, what’s wrong!”
Liam pushed through the door.
He rushed to me and held me in his arms.
“You all have a lot of money but you’re all
useless!”
I stood.
The time had not come yet.
I spoke softly,
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“Liam, Bethany texted me.”
Liam tensed as soon as he heard the name.
He grabbed my shoulders, making me wince.
“What did she say?!”
“Did she say anything bad? Tell me!”
I stood.
“No, she said she admired me.”
He released a breath and relaxed.
“Of course she’s jealous, but I will always love
you.”
My blood froze.
He performed his act as usual.
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He came to me, took me for a walk, and after I
closed my eyes, he left and grabbed his phone.
He returned to the room.
Half an hour later, the phone beside my bed
rang.
Bethany had a new number.
“The wedding dress was too small. It didn’t fit
me, but I looked good!”
“Liam was excited. I was on cloud nine.”
It was a custom–made gown.
Too dirty.
I deleted the message.
The dress was returned at dawn.
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I heard his heavy breathing.
He was texting someone.
“Baby, you are beautiful tonight.”
“I will remember it.”
I wanted to vomit.
I am curious about Bethany’s appeal.
And…
Why did she need to steal everything around
me?
The texts got worse, and I ignored them.
I had prepared to leave the country.
Before meeting Chad and Bethany, I was
abroad.
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If I hadn’t met them and Liam, if I hadn’t had
that car accident, I might have made progress
in academia.
So many years of effort were futile.
The day before the wedding, Liam took a day
off.
He told me he had been waiting a long time for
this day, and we would be happy.
He convinced himself and fell in love with me,
but I knew it was a lie.
“Let’s go separately.”
“I’ll be at the hotel tonight.”
“It’s just one night…”
I made myself smile.
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8:22
“You only get married once.”
Liam sent me off.
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As the car pulled away from the house, he gave
me a look.
I was driving to the hotel when I told the driver
to pull over.
“Throw everything away.”
I pointed to the bags.
“These are old things.”
The driver threw them in the garbage truck.
Liam’s gifts, photos, and souvenirs.
They were all useless.
Liam sent me many messages.
The next day, a flower–filled wedding car came
to pick me up, but the room was empty.
The driver called Liam.
“Liam. I am on my way.”
He panicked.
I handed over the ticket.
Before boarding, I received Bethany’s message.
“Did you think you would marry Liam?”
“Dream on!”
I canceled my phone number.
At the same time, the wedding car went out of
control and crashed on the side of the road.
The car crashed down on the road below.
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Liam saw it happen.
“Sophie!”
I was not on the wedding car.
The plane took off, and I took one last look at
the city.
Let’s not see each other again, Liam.
From now on, I will live well.
