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“Cassie, what did you just say?” he demanded. “You’re going to leave me… for this man?”
I frowned instinctively. Something was very wrong with Scott’s state. Before I could process it, I heard Cassandra stammering.
“Scott, let’s go home and talk about this. I need to sort things out with Daniel right now!”
But Scott, who usually hung on her every word, refused. He screamed, his voice hysterical. “No! I heard what you said, Cassie! You can’t leave me! I won’t let you!”
Chapter 2
Cassandra’s own temper flared. “Scott, you’re a grown man now! I have my own life to live! Why do you have to be so clingy? Daniel and I have divorced eight times because of you! When are you going to let me go?”
“Your life is my life!” Scott blurted out. “If he won’t marry
arry you, t
then I will!”
The declaration stunned Cassandra into silence. She stared at him, horrified, as if she couldn’t believe the words had come from
his mouth.
“Scott, you’re insane. You must be insane to say something like that.”
But Scott was defiant. “Why not? We grew up together!”
Cassandra shook her head frantically, a look of disgust slowly dawning in her eyes. “You know I’ve only ever seen you as a little brother. I could never marry you, I could never be with you. From this day on, I want you out of my house!”
Her words, sharp and final, were more than Scott could handle. The two of them began to argue, a tangled mess of shouting and
grabbing
Istood to the side, sneering, and turned to leave.
But what happened next froze me to the spot.
Scott’s eyes were completely bloodshot, his entire demeanor twisted and strange. “I won’t let you leave me, Cassie! Never!”
He pulled a small knife from his pocket and lunged, stabbing her in the chest, again and again.
Scarlet blood splattered across his face. He didn’t seem to notice. He just stood there, laughing like a madman,
“You can only be mine, Cassie. Only mine.”
I started to move, to shout, but a gentle hand covered my eyes.
“Don’t look,” Anna’s calm voice said beside me. Tve already called the police. Let’s go.”
She took my hand and led me away from the scene.
I don’t know much about what happened after that. For a long time, there was no news of Cassandra or Scott.
About six months later, I was presenting the latest results from our lab at a conference. And there, in the audience, I saw her.
I was so surprised the words slipped out before I could stop them. “You’re not dead?”
The moment they were out, I cringed. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it like that.”
Cassandra offered a series of bitter smiles. “I know. But I suppose it was my fate. I deserved it.”
She was the one who had indulged Scott, who had raised him to be the monster he became.
I just nodded, not wanting to continue the conversation. She saw my reluctance, a flicker of pain in her eyes.
“I heard you and your senior got married?”
A soft warmth filled me. I held up my hand, showing her the simple wedding band on my finger.
“Yes. We just got married. And I’m very happy.”
At least now, I never had to worry about when the next divorce would be. I never had to wonder when we might get remarried.
Cassandra’s already pale face became as white as paper. She started talking again, more to herself than to me. She said she had sent Scott to prison. She started reminiscing about our past.
She said she regretted everything
But this world doesn’t sell medicine for regret.
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