“Are you the woman you met in India?”
Troy asks her coldly without any expressions on his face, not even a trace of exasperation.
“Yes…”
She’s so honest that he says nothing before sliding in his car to drive away.
Karin breaks down and falls to the ground, trying to cry out while she fails. She hurts the man she loves the most; she hurts the man she wants to marry.
He can’t take it as he shows no emotions.
It’s late at night, and the leaves are rustling in the gentle breeze as if they are laughing at her.
She stutters and stands up, trying to go home. Troy is too sad that he leaves her here alone.
She gets a cab to drive her home, only to find his car isn’t parked in their garage. She sadly guesses that he won’t come home tonight.
She goes upstairs in despair and sits on the perch of her bed until the dawn, not turning on the lights.
Yuma comes to knock on the door for a while, and she opens it for her. “Miss Karin, time for breakfast.”
Looking around to find Troy’s not in the room, Yuma asks, “Weren’t him home last night?”
She shakes her head and says, “I don’t want to have breakfast today.” Then she closes the door.
Robert calls her up at the noon, and she picks it up. “Hello?”
“Karin, Troy doesn’t go to work today.”
She closes her eyes and says in a shivering tone, “I told him all…”
“What?”
Robert gets anxious. “I told you not. How can you tell him the truth?”
“I can’t lie to him anymore.”
“But now Troy must get mad. He’s never absent from work for no reasons. Now he powers off his phone and I can’t contact him.”
“Sorry, but I don’t regret...”
Karin weeps and hangs up, tears trickling down her cheeks. She can’t stop crying as she knows that Troy gets lost for no reason.
She’s really exhausted and she just wants to have a sleep in the house where they’ve stayed for years together. She won’t wake up until he comes home.
When she wakes up, it’s the next dawn. She subconsciously reaches out for him on her right, only to find he hasn’t come home yet. Maybe he’ll leave here forever.
Knowing he won’t come here anymore, she still wants to wait for him in the house. When she knew he’d marry Mia, she wanted to leave him, but he insisted that she should stay with him. Now she’s the one that wants him to stay with her.
Walking to the outside, she sits on the swing chair and thinks of her grandma’s words. Her love is her own business, and it’s up to her.
After deliberation, she realizes that if she doesn’t want to give up on it, she should fight for it.
Then she quickly runs into the house and rushes out with her bag.
She wants to find Troy at all costs as she wants him to forgive her like Troy did for her.
She calls Robert to ask him, “Do you find him?”
“Not yet?”
“If you find him, please contact me.”
“Okay.”
She’s been searching for him the whole day until the night falls. She’s been everywhere he loves to go, but she can’t find any traces of him.
She looks confused as if she’s lost something precious. Sure, she’s lost her precious lover.
Her phone rings off again, which makes her anticipated, but when she looks at the number, she’s disappointed. “…Hello?”
“What’s wrong with you? Why did you tell him?”
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