The boy struggled to lift his gaze and asked Angela, “What’s your name?”Angela was at that age when a girl’s heart was easily stirred.Unable to help herself, after seeing his delicate features, she let her imagination run like a romance drama.Once he recovered, he would come looking for her to repay the favor, compensate her for the rose seal. They would become friends, and perhaps something deeper would follow…So, she told him everything—her school, major, name.Later, the police took the boy to the hospital.Angela was sent back to school in a patrol car.She even thought it counted as a small blessing in disguise.She saved two dollars on bus fare.But the rose seal was ruined, costing her two hundred dollars.For a long while after, she remained bothered by it.She often drifted off, wondering why that boy never came to find her.He had asked for her name so deliberately. She thought their paths would cross again.She never expected that thirteen years later, the boy would re
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