Chapter 5
“Pete, even if you begged me this lifetime, I would never enter your family ancestral hall. ~||
Today don’t come crying and kneeling
The phone went quiet for a moment. Though panicked. Pete stubbornly
ly persisted. Tinet Remember what your salel tod begging me to take you back to the Lin family homer ||
Tete angrily hung up.]]
I matched his action by blocking his number.
As the plane took off. I deleted everything related to him from my phone with one click ||
man who doesn’t love me, in–laws who think I’m not good enough for their son I want none of
1 dosed my eyes, trying to sleep, but my dreams were restless.||
In my castle of love, rete and I had a fair, chubby son, and our happy Enilly of three counted down to the new year
2.2.1.0
Fireworks exploded in the sky, breathtakingly beautiful ||
nut in the next mon
next moment, piercing alarm sirens cut through my eardrums, reaching deep into my soul.
I couldn’t find Pete and our son anywhere]
1 kept calling, searching, only to be knocked down by the panicking crowd.]
1 found my son then, in my arms, his face covered in blood…
Screams echoed through my hollow chest
Hear–wrenching pain struck as I turned to see Pete holding a heart, presenting it to Mary, “My darling, didn’t you say you liked stars? Look, I plucked one for your
Looking down at my chest, I realized – what be held was my heart
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1 strugried to breathe deeply but couldn’t catch my breath, until the flight attendant shook me awake, “Miss, are you alright?
I shook my head numbly as the brought me thick blankets.
In the sunlight. I could ser faint death spots appearing on my skin.[]
To avout frightening others, I wrapped myself tightly in the blankets ||
After landing, I applied heavier makeup to luck indistinguishable from the living
Only after putting on gloves glid I dare approach any vagerly waiting parents.[]
days
The moment she saw mur. Mous burst into tears, hooking me up and down, her voice lurking. Angel, Mom’s heart has been so unseled these past few da Sering you sale now, Fran finally relax.
Mother daughter connection having almost been a mother myself. I understood her anxiety ||
lagged Mian lightly, all my grieva i pouring out
Dad quietly wiped his eyes mo, moving passing strangers to console us. Tanly trun
reunion is a blessing – don’t cry away your good fortune. []
Bat thinking how I only had five days le
five days left with my parents. I couldn’t control my sorrow ||
In that moment, I sierply regretted ever falling in love with Pete
As memories faded. I increasingly couldn’t understand why I risked my life for such a man
Tven in death, I’d worried about his safety
Back home, my parents worked together to prepare a feast.
As the steaming, delicious food entered my body, my ice cold form began to warm.
m noticed m
Mom
The
my gloves and hurried to turn on the air conditioning. “Angel, take off your gloves. You’re not a child anymore – why so afraid of cold?”
north is much colder than our south–havent you adjusted after all these years?“|||
I refused to remove the gloves, shuffing thy mouth with rice, mambling. That place is too cold – you never adjust no matter how long you stay.” ||
It was a place that ever my heart couldn’t warm
My parents lovingly added food to my bowl, carefully asking “Will you leave again this time? Can you stay with us for a few more days?”
Shame filled my heart [
For someone unworthy, rd left my parents alone all these years.[]
They had to be so careful even asking me to stay longer, afraid I’d get upset and not visit them for another year.
Suppressing my bitterness. I half joked, f1 can find someone who loves me like life itself, I won’t leave.“]
My parents exchanged glances, their eyes lighting up. “Angel, do you mean in
