Aileen finally wakes up after a long sleep. Her body is in tremendous pain, it is as if somebody has hammered her body with a stone the night before. But none of the physical pain can compare to the pain her heart is feeling right now.
It is as if her heart is getting bitten by thousands of ants, it hurts so bad. The most important thing to do right now is to rush to the hospital to see Aaron for the last time. Aaron is the man that she loves the most. They finally confirm their love for each other, nobody ever knows that such a tragedy will unfold not long after.
Aileen suddenly thinks of what Aaron said to her before. He mentioned that she would be filled with regret. Is this what he meant by it? She will not have rejected him and let him go, only if she knows that he will commit suicide after that.
She is a bonafide idiot!
Aileen cannot suppress her emotions to rush to Aaron at this instant. She wants to go to him the moment she opens her eyes and regains consciousness, she doesn’t care about what is going to happen after.
She suddenly realizes that she is stark naked and there are tons of forceful kiss marks on her body. It must’ve been Richard’s doing, he was very violent last night. Her past attempts to seduce him never work, but for some reason, he was in the mood last night. He was violent and forceful, worse than an animal. He doesn’t care for her consent and she cannot fight back at all.
She feels disgusted just thinking about it. But now is not the time to be thinking about that, she isn’t in the mood and she doesn’t need to.
What she needs to do right now is to quickly go to Aaron, and see him for the last time. How she wishes that the news about Aaron committing suicide is just fake. She wishes that he will suddenly appear in front of her again, alive and healthy.
Aileen has decided to not seek revenge after this incident. She only wants to be with Aaron from now on. She hopes that she still has the chance to be with him, hopes that she still can turn the tide, hopes that it is not too late for her to change her mind.
She bears the pain that her body is suffering, put on clothes and immediately proceeds to her destination.
But Richard appears without warning and stops her at the door just as Aileen opens the door.
“Where are you going?”
His voice sends shivers down her spine, the way he questions her makes her feel uncomfortable. But she doesn’t care less, she just wants to leave this place. The place that only brings her sadness and gives her nightmares.
“Wherever I go is none of your business.” Aileen finally learns how to revolt, she knows that she cannot be obedient anymore. Once she even went out of her way to plead her brother to let him go. It was a huge mistake. But it is too late for regrets.
The only thing she has in mind right now is to rush to the hospital and to see Aaron again. She is hopeful as long as she hasn’t seen his body. She hopes that it is just like the last incident, that he is only playing a trick on her.
Yes, that’s right. That must be the case. Aileen tries to persuade herself desperately.
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