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The Messenger's Silent Farewell
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Sinopsis
Secret Love
Childhood Sweethearts
Plot Twists
Feel-Good Story
Scumbag
Independence
Marriage
Regret
Awakening
For ten years, I was the messenger between Gabriel Moretti and my sister, Vivian. Every time he and Vivian fought, he trashed the whole studio. As the kid sister who tagged along, I was the one running around the neighborhood at midnight for bandages and hangover pills. They couldn't stand each other's stubbornness. And yet, whenever the mood struck, they kissed like they never wanted to stop. Then, no matter what he did to stop her, my sister got on a plane to California for grad school. Gabriel caught me outside the airport security checkpoint. His eyes were red as he gripped my chin. "She thinks she's the only one who gets to walk away from me? Vera, I know you've been in love with me for years. We're going to City Hall." It was how he got back at my sister. For me, it was a pit I couldn't climb out of. In three years of marriage, he never once held my hand in public. But late every night, he pressed me down into the bed in the master suite and wouldn't let me go. I thought he'd finally accepted me as his wife. Then, last night, my sister posted a boarding pass on Instagram. Gabriel told me to move out of my own home that same night. "Gabriel, I'm your wife." He looked at me like I'd said something ridiculous and gave a thin smile. "You know better than anyone why we got married. Greed doesn't suit you, Vera." I didn't say a word. I just took the unopened box and, right in front of him, dropped it in the trash by the door. "You're right." I smiled at him. "I'm done being greedy." What Gabriel didn't know was that just this morning, I'd signed up for an exchange program in Switzerland. By next week, that little tagalong who did nothing but carry messages would be gone from this city.
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The next spring, my painting won the gold prize at the Paris Salon.The press called me "the mysterious poet of color from the Alps." Offers from major galleries poured in. The Zurich Federal Academy of Art even broke with tradition and gave me a lifetime appointment as a visiting artist ahead of schedule.That afternoon, Professor Keller handed me a letter of intent for a United Nations-backed charity partnership."It's a dedicated fund that uses art to help children from war zones recover from trauma," Professor Keller said, pushing up his glasses. "They'd like you to be their art director for Europe. The initial funding is enormous: twenty million euros, all from an anonymous donor."I turned to the last page of the document.At the very bottom of the donor's disclaimer, buried in the German fine print, was the fund's original code: "M-V-2014."Moretti, Vera, 2014. The year I first walked into Gabriel's studio."Did the donor attach any conditions?" I closed the folder, my face calm
The Messenger's Silent Farewell Chapter 13
The Biennale's opening night was held at the Zurich Art Museum.In the middle of the hall, my painting, The Crack at Dawn, had the most prominent spot in the show.Spotlights hit the cool gray canvas and brought out a deep, mysterious glow. Well-known critics and collectors from all over Europe crowded around it."Incredible tension," said an old critic from Paris, pushing up his glasses in genuine admiration. "Not an ounce of affectation. Every stroke feels like the first breath of someone reborn after utter despair. Ms. Linden, you have a brilliant future ahead of you."I wore a simple black knit turtleneck dress, my long hair pulled into a sleek bun. With a glass of champagne in hand, I smiled and greeted the guests.In this world of pure art and reason, no one knew whose stand-in I used to be. No one knew about the three miserable years I'd spent in a dark penthouse.Halfway through the reception, Felix made his way through the crowd and leaned in close to my ear. "There's someone
The Messenger's Silent Farewell Chapter 12
His tears finally fell, hot on the back of my hand.Apart from the night his mother died, it was the first time in ten years I'd seen him cry.When Vivian got on that plane without a backward glance, his eyes had only gone red while he clenched his teeth in fury. Now he was gripping my wrist, and big tears kept rolling down his face."Is that so?" I let him hold on. I didn't fight it. I just calmly looked at the wet spots on the back of my hand. "But this love of yours is too cheap."It only showed up after I'd been humiliated in every way possible. After I'd cried every tear I had over you. After I was done with you for good."Gabriel, if Vivian had never come back, if she hadn't set me up at that restaurant, if you'd never found out I gave all the gallery money to your mother's foundation... would you be standing in the snow in Zurich right now?"Gabriel went completely rigid. He opened his mouth, but nothing came out."No, you wouldn't," I answered for him. "You'd just keep using me
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"You know who I am?" Gabriel glared at Felix, then turned to me with a bleak, self-mocking twist of his mouth. "Vera, is this why you couldn't wait to get away from me? You already had the next guy lined up? A Swiss aristocrat?"He'd always used the cruelest words he could find to cover up his panic.Just like three years earlier, when it was Vivian's betrayal he couldn't stand, yet he'd dragged me to City Hall.I stepped out from behind Felix."Felix, could you take the turpentine off the easel and out of the studio for me? I'd like a word with this gentleman alone." My voice was calm.Felix looked at me, and once he was sure I was all right, he nodded. "I'll be right out in the hall. Call me if you need anything."As he passed Gabriel, there was open pity in his eyes.It wasn't the hostility of a rival. It was the look of a man on solid ground watching someone drown.The wooden door closed softly.All that was left in the studio was the smell of wet paint.Gabriel took two steps towa
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