Abandoned at the Peak

"Is Elliana alright? Is she doing fine? Gerard, tell me that she's safe and sound!"Dad gripped Gerard's arm agitatedly, but the latter soon sneered at him."That's enough! Elliana has overdone it this time! Is she trying to cause more chaos by summoning you here? Let's see how far this little act of yours can go!"She's a field medic, for crying out loud! Doesn't she know that she'll just end up harming your health even more by summoning you here? I can't believe that you two are still keeping the act up!"The more Gerard spoke, the more agitated he grew. He dug out the missing people's list from his pocket before slapping it onto Dad's hand."Just look at the list! She's chosen to go missing on purpose! "Did she call you here just to continue the act with her? There are many injured patients in the base camp, so I have no time to play attention-seeking games with her right now!"After that, Gerard pulled out his phone and sent a voice message to me. A trace of mockery could b

Gerard and Olivia continued hanging out intimately with each other till nightfall. Only when a high fever suddenly broke out among a few people did Gerard remember me.Before additional help and supplies arrived at the base camp, I was the only one who knew how to treat the patients and alleviate their fever symptoms.Gerard began spamming my phone with countless calls. Since he couldn't reach me on my phone, he began texting me on WhatsApp. He threatened me by saying that I could forget about returning to the base camp ever again if I chose not to return right now.The day Olivia flew back to the country also happened to be my birthday. The same thing had happened to me at home as well, for I had spammed Gerard's phone with countless calls.After that, I found out that Gerard was actually picking Olivia up at the airport that day.But I couldn't reach him no matter how many times I kept calling his number. In the end, I had to compromise by leaving Gerard a voice message that he

It was already the next morning when my parents regained consciousness. By then, they had already run out of tears to cry. Perhaps they had already realized that I was most likely dead when they first arrived at the snow mountain.Dad seemed to have aged ten years overnight. His back was completely hunched by now.Meanwhile, Mom kept muttering, "Please… Just give my daughter back to me… Please…"Even though I was already dead, I felt as though my soul was being tortured repeatedly. Gerard and Olivia didn't even have the patience to wait for my eventual burial—they were quick to get tangled up with each other intimately.I loathed myself for wasting my life on Gerard. I regretted dragging my elderly parents into this mess because of my ignorance. But more importantly, I hated Olivia for rebooting her relationship with Gerard shamelessly by trampling all over my corpse.Perhaps my hatred did end up causing a hurricane somewhere else. The shameless couple got awakened by the sounds o

Gerard brought the video recorder to the police station. He could see Olivia through the window.Olivia thought Gerard was here to pick her up. Tears instantly pooled in her eyes."You're finally here, Ger! I'm so scared! Save me! I don't wanna be here! The people here are so mean to me!"But Gerard didn't comfort her. Instead, he glared at her ferociously.That was when Olivia finally realized that something seemed off with him."What's wrong, Ger? Are you feeling unwell? Or are you feeling exhausted? Thank you for going through all the trouble over the past few days. Once I get out of here, I'll—""Just how long are you going to keep lying to me in my face, Olivia?" Gerard cut her off with a holler.Then, he shoved all the evidence in Olivia's face. Olivia stared at the evidence quietly. She no longer maintained the lovesick expression she was wearing earlier."Ger, listen to me! I was just blinded by my jealousy! I didn't tell you the truth because I was afraid that you mi