15
That year, at the temple, praying.
I closed my eyes.
A long–awaited reunion. I held the heart rate watch and said to him, my first words:
“You need to put this on.”
It’s over.
She’ll see right through me, Cole thought.
He didn’t know to what extent he had to repay his filial duty to be free.
He didn’t know to what extent he had to repay his debt of gratitude to be clean.
There is no such thing as unconditional love in this world, he thought.
But for Chloe Taylor, all that mattered was his happiness.
15
That year, at the temple, praying.
I closed my eyes.
I had a hidden, unspoken wish.
May Cole be happy.
May everyone get to see the person they want to see.
No matter how many years it takes.
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