.The sound of her footsteps echoed in the lonely building at midnight. The atmosphere was sad. Molly walked downstairs step by step, clenching and releasing her hands. She kept telling herself to remember the humiliation she suffered in the elevator just now. Brian's teasing was way more heartbreaking than all the humiliation she suffered in her life. This was someone she trusted, poured her heart out to.
Molly didn't meet Edgar in the parking lot after she left Grand Night Casino. Right now, she forgot everything and was unable to think at all. She just trekked back home like a puppet. She finally got in and collapsed on the sofa. It was almost 3 o'clock in the morning.
The winter nights were longer. No matter how long the night, though, the world always welcomed the daylight. When the morning's light dawned in the east, the sun drenched the earth in warm daylight.
Molly didn't sleep the whole night. She just sat on the sofa, eyes dull. She didn't even make her way to her room until Steven and the others were up.
"You need to be there by 10," Steven said when he saw Molly.
Molly paused and turned her head. After a while, she nodded and continued walking to her room.
Steven frowned, seeing Molly so tired and lost. Meanwhile, he felt guilty.
At ten o'clock in the morning.
Molly sat in front of that man who only lived in her memory. She wasn't shy or excited at all. Instead, she was rather distant with no emotion on her face. She didn't sleep last night and was heartbroken and humiliated thanks to what happened in the elevator. Now she was struggling so much that she even made no response when facing "Rory".
"Molly, I'm here to take you home," Justin looked at Molly and said in a somber tone.
Molly stared at "Rory" blankly for quite a long time. Suddenly a mocking smile cracked into her mouth. She typed,"I'm not going anywhere. I'm a grown-up now and I don't need a guardian."
Justin did not expect that Molly would reject him out of hand like that. "I know you're angry with me because of what happened, but that's not what I want, either."
"What happened? Did anything happen? Sorry. I don't remember. And I don't need to," Molly typed calmly on her phone.
And then she continued,"Let's get one thing straight. What happened isn't important, regardless of whether we're together or not. I like my life a lot now, and don't want to get involved in yours.
Stay out of my way."
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