Red shoes

“And she went quickly up to the church-door; but when she came there, the red shoes were dancing before her.”

When she was younger, Claire had thought that the spoiled girl in the story just reaped what she sowed. She was warned against wearing the red shoes to church, then she heard the curse and still went ahead and danced. Such a spoiled child, she preferred to wear her red shoes and go to dance right after her mother passed away. Those sins couldn’t be forgiven even if she cut her feet to get rid of the shoes, as they followed as if making fun of her, reminding her of her previous actions.

Later, Claire wondered if everyone had their own red shoes. She thought Rick was her own version of those damned shoes. As much as she tried to cut it off, that past was always there, mocking her stupidity.

But these days, she is coming to another realization…

“What are you doing with that dead serious expression?” Evan whispers as he takes a seat next to her on the table.

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