Chapter 19
Chapter 19
“I heard you never got married,” Alistair said suddenly.
I frowned. “That’s none of your business.”
“I never married either.” He let out this bitter laugh that looked more painful than crying.
“These past few years, I went on some dates, but every time I saw someone new, I’d think of you.”
“I’d remember your smile, the way you used to say my name.”
“Those twenty years we spent together.”
“That’s when I knew I’d never be able to forget you.”
I laughed coldly. “You can’t forget me? Then how’d you manage to forget all about me when you helped Seraphina destroy my life?”
He squeezed his eyes shut in pain. “I swear I didn’t know it was acid…”
“You didn’t know?” I stepped closer, my voice getting icier with each word.
“You didn’t know she bought acid? Didn’t know she hated me? Didn’t know she wanted to hurt me?”
“You didn’t know anything because all you could see was your precious little Seraphina!”
“You believed every word she said, gave her everything she wanted.”
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“Did you ever think about what would’ve happened if I hadn’t gotten to the hospital fast enough? If the acid had been stronger? I could’ve died!”
“Did you ever think that even though I survived, my face would never be the same?”
“Did you ever think about how many years it took before I could look in a mirror again, before I could face people in public?”
Alistair was shaking all over. “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry…”
He kept apologizing, tears streaming down his face.
A thirty–something man crying like a little kid.
But what was the point?
Could his tears erase the scars on my face?
”
Could his apologies turn back time?
“Save your apologies,” I said, taking a deep breath to steady myself.
“Alistair, I’m doing great now.”
“I have my own career, friends who care about me.”
“Except for this face, I have everything I need.”
“My only regret is that I was young and stupid enough to fall for you in the first place.”
I turned and walked away.
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Chapter 19
Behind me, I could hear him sobbing like his heart was breaking.
Like some wounded animal howling in pain.
I didn’t look back.
Some people, some things–when they’re over, they’re over.
No amount of guilt or begging could change what had happened.
It took me twelve years to accept this face.
He could spend his whole life repenting, and it still wouldn’t equal one day of my suffering.
That’s the price we both have to pay.
His and mine.
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