The plane flew over the sky. Only a white trail left behind it.
Amanda didn’t tell anyone that she came back. She didn’t even tell Joshua who she contacted the most.
Amanda got her parents’ address, so she headed straight to their place right after she got off the plane.
It was already night time when Amanda got off the plane. She felt a little exhausted as she hadn’t got a good rest for a whole day. Amanda dealt with Stanford then she flew here directly after that. It was a tiring journey.
Amanda made her itinerary this packed on purpose.
She wanted to look exhausted so that her parents wouldn’t blame her or be mad at her.
Amanda was betting that her parents would feel sorry to see her looking pale and exhausted. That way, they might forget what Amanda did before.
Soon, the cab stopped. Amanda paid the driver and got out of the cab. The car stopped in front of a river. She needed to take a boat to cross the river. There was a bridge, but it was a little far away. Amanda didn’t want to walk further anymore.
Amanda took a look at her watch. It was around eight o’clock at night. The boats were still operating. Amanda came here before, so she knew what time the boats stopped operating.
However, it seemed like there was an unexpected event going on. There weren’t any boats on the river.
Amanda stood by the river and thought, “I’ve made a mistake.”
She sighed and decided to walked to the bridge to cross the river. It was tiring but still better than standing by the river waiting for a boat that could possibly not arriving.
A neat lawn and banana trees were growing beside the river. The place was much warmer here.
Usually, it wasn’t warm by this time of the year in Z Country, but it was different here.
Amanda was getting nearer to the bridge, and she was already sweating.
Amanda found a place to sit down and got some rest. She took out her plane, but she suddenly remembered Stanford’s face. Amanda felt a sting in her heart.
No matter how calm Amanda might look, but she can’t wipe away the feeling she had for Stanford. She loved him for three years. No, it was much earlier. Amanda fell in love with Stanford before she was married to him. She wouldn’t marry Stanford if she didn’t love him in the first place.
Amanda had given her best. All of her courage and sincerity. However, it didn’t end well.
Amanda wanted to scroll her phone at first, but now she didn’t feel like it anymore. She shook her head and tried to shake away all the bad memories.
Stanford won’t appear in her life anymore.
When Amanda was about to stand up and leave, she saw something moving in the bush. Amanda walked over and looked into the bushes under the street lights. She saw a poodle with a brown curly coat staring at her with its round eyes. It had a red collar on its neck. The poodle seemed like it was owned by someone and it ran out of its house.
Amanda stroked its head, “You’re so cute.”
Amanda used to have a dog. The one she had was a big dog, and it had a white coat of fur. It was much bigger than a poodle.
Amanda stopped having dogs after her dog passed away because of old age.
She didn’t like the sorrow when facing death.
Amanda carried the dog out of the bush, “Where’s your owner?”
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