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No Snow Falls in the North Chapter 10
The next day, Claudia really disappeared. There was no umbrella in front of my apartment, and there was no tea on my library desk either. My life was finally peaceful. A month later, I received a very long voice note from Wren out of nowhere. The background was a little noisy, and I could roughly hear the hospital announcements. “Edward, are you there? Claudia’s in a very critical condition.”Her tone sounded really complicated. She no longer sounded angry like she did before. “After returning from overseas, she went completely insane. She did not care about the company, and she did not meet anyone. Every day, she locked herself in the apartment that you both shared.“Yesterday, there was a leak in the bathroom. The downstairs neighbor kept knocking on her door, but no one answered, so he called the police. “When the police entered the unit, she had cut her wrist in her bath. The water had turned all red.”I held the phone tightly. I paused for a while before slowly lo
No Snow Falls in the North Chapter 9
Claudia did not listen to me. She rented a basement near my institution, and she showed up on my journey to the lab every single day. She did not get close to me, and she did not speak to me. She would just follow behind me while keeping a safe distance. When it was raining in the morning, she would place an umbrella before my apartment door. She would then stand on the street corner without an umbrella. In the afternoon, when I went to the library, there would always be a hot cup of tea on my desk. It was my favorite tea. When I had late nights at the lab, she would wait for me outside the lab building. She would wait for hours on end. She thought that as long as she held on day after day to repent for her sins, I would feel bad and return to her. However, I only felt disgusted by her so-called love. A month later, my senior in the same project, Vivien Brown, could no longer stand it. “Edward, that woman has been stalking you for a month.”She frowned and sounded co
No Snow Falls in the North Chapter 8
It was a photo of Nick sitting in front of the fireplace as he held up the vinyl and the tickets. [It’s so cold in snowy Ocean City, but the vinyl and tickets she bought warmed my heart up.]“Because all you could think of at that time was how to make him happy. “You took three hundred thousand dollars from me not because of the cash flow issue of the project.“You used my money to bring him on a trip, to buy him his vinyl and concert tickets. Then, you told me that you were working hard for our future.”“No…”Claudia shook her head fiercely as she sobbed. “I didn’t spend all three hundred thousand dollars on him. I really was having cash flow issues, and I just wanted to use your money to patch it through. I immediately returned the money to you when I got back. “I got someone else to buy the tickets for me, and I initially planned to use my own money for the trip. I didn’t mean to hurt you, and I really didn’t think you would find out…”She suddenly stopped herself. He
No Snow Falls in the North Chapter 7
Her expression immediately froze. After a few seconds, she forced a smile.“Of course, Edward. Didn’t I video call you? The snow was very heavy in North City that day…”“The weather in North City was sunny, and it was 60F,” I calmly replied. “This is a super El Nino year. North City didn’t have any snow at all.” Claudia’s lips quivered as blood slowly drained out of her face. “The snow was in Ocean City, right?”I took out my phone and pulled up the screenshot I had saved for a long time. Then, I passed it to her. Nick was sitting beside the fireplace in the resort in Ocean City, and there was snow outside his window. His caption still stung my eyes. [I mentioned that I wanted to see snow, and she immediately made my wish come true.]The next photo was a heart drawn on the foggy window. In the reflection, a woman dressed in a black down jacket could be clearly seen. Claudia stared at the screen as her eyes widened in shock. “How… how did you know?”Her voice was
No Snow Falls in the North Chapter 6
I was making coffee in the pantry when I received a call from the receptionist telling me that I had an international parcel to receive. The sender’s details were empty. I was confused as I started to rummage through the waterproof layers. Then, a familiar paper folder appeared. It was the same paper folder I had delivered for Claudia when I ended up with bloody knees after falling in the heavy rain. There was a sentence written in black ink on the folder. The handwriting was messy, as if the person who wrote it had been shaking. [Edward, please meet me.]I glanced at it and immediately tossed it into the trash can. I took my coffee and was about to head back into the lab when a hoarse voice suddenly came from the end of the corridor.“Edward…”I paused in my tracks. I turned around, and there was a woman standing at the end of the hallway. Were it not for that familiar black down jacket, I might not have recognized Claudia. She had lost a lot of weight, and her ch
No Snow Falls in the North Chapter 5
When the plane flew across South City’s sky, the entire city looked golden under the winter evening sun. I sat next to the window and stared at the buildings as they slowly turned smaller and disappeared. After more than ten hours, the plane landed in a quiet, small town in a foreign land. I walked out of the arrival hall with my suitcase. I could see my supervisor, Howard Gold, from afar. He was wearing a dark gray coat, and he was holding a sign with my name on it. After he saw me, he frowned slightly before taking my suitcase. “Edward, you’ve lost a lot of weight.”“I’m fine, I’m just a little tired.” I smiled. Howard did not question any further. He patted my shoulder. “I’ve already made the arrangements at the lab. Take two days to rest and get yourself familiar with this town before you head into the lab.”I nodded. After I no longer felt the suppressed emotions coming from those lies, I found I could breathe more easily. I checked into my temporary accomm
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