I opened my eyes and felt him kissing the corner of my eye.
He took away the tears hanging there.
It was as light as a feather.
After a while, Ming sat up straight and draped his coat over me, saying, “I’m sorry. I just...”
“It’s OK.” I stood up and said, “you’re mistaken, Ming. I’m not here to be angry with you. I just want to say that I don’t mind what you do today.”
“Oh.” Hearing my words, Ming chuckled and shook his head helplessly, “you know what? That’s why I’m angry. I’d rather you mind and quarrel with me. I’d rather you drive those women away, because only in this way can I know that you care about me.”
Ming’s words shook me deeply.
I seemed to think I could understand his mind.
But...
I tightened my clothes and lowered my eyes. “I don’t really mind for the moment. If I do, I will tell you. At that time, if you are willing to change for me, I will be very happy. If not, I will not force it.”
With that, I arranged my clothes and took off Ming’s coat. I went out in my tattered coat.
Since I couldn’t give it to him now, I shouldn’t control him.
Ming didn’t chase me.
As soon as I got to the door and wanted to take a taxi, I heard someone call me, “June.”
I was stunned to hear the name.
I turned around and saw Jack, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time.
“Why do you...”
“Why do I know you? Sean is going to be driven crazy by you. He calls your name in my ear every day. I know Becky is you!”
Jack approached me and looked at my messy hair and clothes. He immediately realized what had happened.
As soon as he wanted to speak, I said, “can you give me a ride?”
He was Sean’s friend. Since Sean had told him about me, I could trust him to some extent.
“OK.”
Jack didn’t hesitate at all. He took me to a car not far away and opened the door for me gentlely.
His car was a sports car. I stooped and sat in. Jack sat in the driver’s seat. “Fortunately, I haven’t had a drink today, or I can’t drive you.”
“Thank you.” I wrapped my clothes around me.
“Where are we going?” Jack looked at me and couldn’t help but say, “have you been raped?”
Rape?
Did he rape me?
Thinking that Ming finally stopped, I shook my head. “No.”
“OK, where are we going?”
Jack asked me again.
For a while, I was confused.
Where were we going?
I didn’t want to go back to Grand Bay or York No.1.
But where else could I go?
After thinking about it, I said, “let’s go to a nearby hotel.”
“Hotel?” Jack thought about it and suddenly his eyes lit up. “Daisy is in York now. Why don’t you go to her house?”
“Daisy?”
“Yes!”
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