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Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago
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Eight years ago, I broke the heart of the boy I loved. Now, after eight years overseas, Liam Hayes was finally coming home with his new girlfriend to meet his family. That same day, the hospital gave me its final answer. The cancer had won. There was nothing left to treat. Nothing left to try. They sent me home with only time. When Liam saw my mother helping me into a wheelchair, a cold smile touched his mouth. “Eight years,” he said. “And this is what became of you? You can’t even walk anymore?” Disgust laced every word. I only tugged the sleeve of my down coat lower, hiding the cluster of needle marks across the back of my hand. “It’s nothing,” I said quietly. “I fell and broke a bone. That’s all.” Liam gave a short, bitter laugh. “In that case, I’m getting married soon. Why don’t you come be my fiancée’s bridesmaid?” I smiled as if it did not hurt at all. “No, thank you. I’m about to leave for somewhere very far away.” Then I patted the back of Mom’s hand, silently asking her to take me home.
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Liam looked down at the long trail of blood Vanessa had dragged across the floor.“Fine,” he said. “I’ll let you go.”After that, he went with Vanessa to the courthouse.He took on all the debt himself and let her leave.That was the last mercy he had left in him.Afterward, his life seemed to fall apart completely.Every day, he drank at home.Margaret began begging him day after day, pleading with him to stop destroying himself.Every time, Liam only looked at her calmly.“Isn’t this exactly what you wanted?“A good son who stays under your control forever.”He gave a faint smile.“Look at me. I’m so obedient now. I’m staying with you. I’ll stay with you until we’re beaten to death together.”At last, Margaret became afraid.She cried.She begged.She begged him to let her go.But Liam only looked at her and said, “Does crying help?”“When Claire cried, why didn’t you let her go?“When I cried, why didn’t you let me go?”Under the weight of that torment, growing worse with every pass
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 10
“It’s all Claire’s fault,” Margaret continued. “If she hadn’t seduced Liam back then, would he have been so completely fooled? Good thing she got cancer. All I had to do was lie and tell her to think about Liam’s future, and she broke up with him on her own.“You were smart too. You knew to contact me. That was how I managed to send Liam Claire’s wedding invitation in time. Otherwise, how could he have agreed to marry you?“Don’t worry. Liam is my son. I know him better than anyone. Once he comes home, just push everything onto me. Then cry to him a little over the baby in your belly. I promise he’ll settle down and live properly with you.“As for Claire, she’s dead now, so there’s no point holding a grudge. But I have to say, you did well. Back then, I only gave you a few hints and told you to drive a wedge between Claire and Liam. I never expected you to get Claire killed outright.”Margaret gave a soft, satisfied laugh.“But that’s fine too. Dead girls don’t come back to steal sons
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 9
But even if he had asked, Claire probably would not have told him.Claire had always seemed soft and gentle on the outside, but once she made up her mind, nothing could turn her back.Just like the midterm exams in eleventh grade.Back then, Claire’s stomach hurt so badly she could barely get out of bed. But she did not want Liam to miss his exam because of her, so she pretended she was fine and went to school anyway.She even forced herself to walk him all the way to his classroom.Only after she watched him go inside did she collapse outside the exam room.The memory hit Liam like a blade twisting under his ribs.Then came another one.The restaurant.The wheelchair.The moment he had shoved Claire to the floor.These past few days, he had not dared to think about that scene.Because on the night he ran into Claire after coming home, Vanessa had cried and told him something.She said that if Claire still loved him, she was willing to step aside. She would stop clinging to him. She wo
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 8
The night before the wedding, Liam tried to contact Claire one last time.His fingers trembled over the screen.But Claire had not only blocked his number.She had blocked his messages too.So her fiancé mattered that much to her?So much that she was not even willing to be friends with him?Maybe that was for the best.At least now, he could finally give up.He could marry Vanessa properly and do his best to be a good father.On the day of the wedding, everything passed in a blur.The music.The vows.The smiling guests.Vanessa’s hand in his.Through it all, Liam kept searching the venue for Claire.Claire never came.Neither did her mother.When he saw that the seats meant for the Winters family had been filled by other relatives and friends, a constant ache settled behind his ribs.Then the ceremony ended, and it was time to make the rounds for toasts.When Liam reached the table of his old high school classmates, he had just lifted his glass when Claire’s former best friend looked
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 4
This trip had taken almost everything I had left.After this, I might never have the strength to leave the house again.Thankfully, at one in the afternoon, Liam finally called and said they were downstairs.My mother was furious. It took me a long time to calm her down before she managed to keep he
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 3
Eight years ago, when I had just been diagnosed with cancer, the thing I wanted most was for Liam to forget me and move on.But now, hearing him speak so calmly about what had happened back then, hearing him mention me as if I were nothing more than an old mistake, I still felt something twist quiet
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 2
When chemotherapy became too much to bear, I would clutch the old photo of Liam and me until my fingers cramped. Some nights, that picture was the only thing that kept me from giving up.I went through more surgeries than I could count, some minor, some so dangerous Mom signed the consent forms with
Goodbye to the Love I Lost Eight Years Ago Chapter 1
I had barely gotten home. Mom had just helped me into bed when Liam Hayes’s mother came by.Margaret Hayes stood in the doorway for a long moment, looking at me as if she had rehearsed this conversation a hundred times and still could not bring herself to start.“Claire,” she said at last, her face
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