I’ll have someone help her move back.”
David’s parents didn’t like my parents.
David had said it was our business.
He had left my parents downstairs.
They had nodded and followed the Harrisons.
They hadn’t asked about me.
They were concerned about the benefits.
After everyone had left, David was at my
Г
He looked at Kevin.
Kevin was hiding.
David walked over and knocked on the table.
Kevin smiled.
David’s voice was cold. “Pack your things.”
Kevin looked pale and didn’t say a word.
David came back to my desk.
“Let’s go. I made a reservation at your
favorite restaurant.”
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I walked out.
David said, “I had Ashley fired.”
“I explained about Monica.”
He walked next to me.
“I wasn’t happy about being forced to marry
you.
“I never knew how to act around you.
“You got divorced and moved out. I didn’t
adapt.”
He was standing in front of me.
“I don’t know how to love.
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“But when I married you, I thought I’d be with
you forever.”
I stomped my feet and patted his shoulder.
“It doesn’t matter. Don’t forget to get the
papers in four days.”
He was confused.
“I’ve been trying to win you back.”
I nodded.
“You failed.”
I had found myself.
He couldn’t see the chains holding him.
David arrived early.
“Hurry. I have a meeting.”
I walked in.
When it was his turn to sign, he hesitated.
I had to remind him. “Aren’t you in a hurry?”
He bit his lip and signed.
He was drained.
He asked, “How will you tell your parents?”
I laughed. “I’ll run away.‘
He rubbed his forehead.
I walked down the steps.
“Sarah, your grandmother likes you, and I…”
I waved goodbye.
I had seen the wedding albums in his car.
He was trying to make up for it.
I had already found myself.
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In the agreement, I was not to be fired.
I had missed out on compensation.
My parents were angry about the divorce.
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I was stubborn.
David was calm.
The Harrisons didn’t bother me.
His grandmother said she was sorry.
She asked me to visit, but I refused.
“I’m going to see the world.”
I quit my job.
I saw snowy mountains and the aurora.
I traveled, sleeping in hostels.
I hadn’t thought about David.
Г
He ran to me, dripping with sweat.
He asked, “Should we remarry? Your
grandmother isn’t doing well.”
He looked at my bags.
“You can still travel.”
I shook my head.
“My heart won’t be free.”
I had found a new life.
People who had loved him hadn’t taught him
to love.
He didn’t know what freedom was.
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(Bonus: David)
No one knew we were divorced.
They thought we were separated.
I would take time off to find her.
I wouldn’t bother her.
She would be laughing with the nomads,
holding milk.
I took photos of her.
I told myself it was for his grandmother.
I looked at the photos at night.
I had never watched her so closely.
I remembered her arguing with Kevin.
She was like a fox.
My only act of rebellion had been on our
wedding night.
The Wang had been in the past.
I had used her to extinguish the light in her
eyes.
I couldn’t fight my parents or my
grandmother.
I gave Sarah the heavy burden.
controlled Sarah
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Until she got divorced and there was no way
back.
She wasn’t under my control.
What could I hold?
The second year, my grandmother died.
The divorce was out.
I had controlled Sarah’s parents, but not his
grandmother.
She asked if she could win her back.
I nodded.
I didn’t know.
く
I didn’t know.
I asked many times.
Sarah refused.
I met her and she had replaced the ring.
She said, “I have found someone who can’t be
replaced.”
I didn’t say anything.
She was contradicting herself.
I had found someone who couldn’t be
replaced, but she told me to change.
