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I Walked Away After Truth or Dare Chapter 10
On the second day after the press release, my parents threw me a welcome back party. They did not invite Lily and the group. My father hugged me for a really long time. My mother burnt three different dishes in the kitchen, so we ordered delivery at the end. During dinner, my father suddenly asked, "Are you going to return to North City?"I shook my head. "The second phase of the project is still located in West City.""Is it going to be another five years?""It might be even longer than that." My mother paused. Finally, she said, "Do what you like to do. "You'll always have a place back home." I teared up. "Alright."Before I left, I went back to the neighborhood. The willow tree still stood there. The hole that used to contain the memory capsule was already filled. On top of the spot was a brand-new metal box. There was a note on the box. [For Luca]I did not open it. Instead, I walked past it. Lily walked out from behind the willow tree. She
I Walked Away After Truth or Dare Chapter 9
In the fifth year, the project finally reached its final stage. I was twenty-three years old. I had grown from the youngest team member to the project leader of a core model. Before the results were released, the research center allowed us to contact the outside world for the very last time. The moment I switched on my phone, messages came flooding in. Lily had sent more than two thousand messages to me. The first one was: Luca, stop with your nonsense. The last text message was from the day before. [I'm not waiting for your forgiveness.][I just want to know if you're safe.]Every time Maddie won a medal, she would upload a photo. Silvia uploaded all the recovered videos. As for April, she edited a new growth documentary. She named the documentary: Empty Space. The cover photo was the uneven bump underneath the willow tree from where we buried the memory capsules. I watched all of them at one go. Then, I deleted them all with a single tap. It was not ou
I Walked Away After Truth or Dare Chapter 8
It was busier than I had imagined at the research center in West City. In my first week, I went to the desert test base with Professor Luther. It was scorching hot during the day, and freezing during the night. The wind constantly blew sand about in the air. My senior from the same project, Mason Reid, passed me a scarf. "Do you regret your decision?"I shook my head. "No, I don't." "Do you miss home?"I pondered for a while. "I do miss my parents.""Anyone else?""There's no one else." Mason did not ask any further. In the third month of the project, my model succeeded on its first try. The entire team cheered for me at 3 a.m.. Professor Luther took out a soda can that was half-buried in the sand. "Due to limited resources, this will be our champagne." I took a sip. It tasted better than the champagne we had at Julian's party. Six months later, my parents contacted me via the research center's dedicated phone line. My father was sobbing. "You lo
I Walked Away After Truth or Dare Chapter 7
The next day, the news about my early admission spread in school. The principal personally announced that I had joined a national-level research project due to my excellent results. It was not a regular admission. Instead, it was a strict selection. I was the only one admitted from North City. The boys who had bullied me the day before turned pale. One of them even went to Lily. "We were just joking. "We didn't know he's so petty to just leave like that."Lily glanced at him. "Who kicked the water bucket over?"The smile froze on his face. "I slipped." "What about the camera?""It was an accident too." Lily grabbed the phone from his hand and threw it into the fountain. He screamed at her. "You're crazy!" "I slipped." She returned his words to him. However, even after doing that, she still did not feel happy. It was because when I stood here the day before, she had not walked over. It was too late for her to do that for me. Maddie rummaged thr
I Walked Away After Truth or Dare Chapter 6
Lily and the rest rushed to the research center's base in North City. The staff member, Ben Swift, asked, "Who are you to Luca?"She answered, "I'm his girlfriend."Ben retrieved my profile. "You are not on his emergency contact list." Lily froze. "He's mad at me. "Please tell me where he is.""I'm sorry, I can't tell you that." Maddie slammed the table. "We grew up together!" Ben looked up. "Then, you should know that he's joining the project team today." The four of them fell silent. They did not know. When they were flipping through my room yesterday, none of them had read the agreement. Silvia forced herself to calm down. "We're not asking for his exact location."But could you help us to pass something to him?""No." "When will we be able to contact him?""After he completes his five-year lockdown period. It also depends on the project's progress."Lily stood still for a very long time. "When he left, why didn't he ask us?"Ben frowned. "L
I Walked Away After Truth or Dare Chapter 5
After the car drove onto the secluded path, they took my phone away. "From now on, you'll be identified only by your project number. "Your previous identity, personal relationships, and communication records will all be put on hold."I nodded. "Understood." Outside the window, the cityscape slowly turned into wasteland. I leaned against the car seat. For the first time in my life, I did not have to worry about sudden text messages instructing me to deliver items, edit videos, or clean up their messes. It was strangely quiet. At the same time, in North City, Julian's party had already started. Maddie was standing on the ladder as she hung the last string of fairy lights. Silvia was adjusting the settings on the projector. April cut their cake. Lily glanced at the time. It was 7:05 p.m.I still did not show up. She sent me a text message. [Where are you?]The text message did not get through. She was dumbfounded. Then, she tried again. [Luca, blocking m
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