Semua Bab Loved Me at the End: Bab 1 - Bab 8

I clicked into the poster's profile. It was completely blank, no information at all.Maybe it was just a coincidence.Clinging to that thin hope, I scrolled down to the comments.Almost everyone was condemning the poster for being ungrateful.He replied to one of them.[She didn't lose out. She's five years older than me and used to be my boss when I worked at a convenience store. I was only 22 when we got together. If you think about it, I'm the one who got taken advantage of by an older woman for 8 years.]The age gap, the way we met… Too many details lined up.I pressed my lips together, staring at the screen without blinking.A netizen refused to let it go and commented, [She spent all that money on you. Doesn't your conscience hurt?]The reply came fast. [I admit she treated me well. She paid for my education and helped me clear my debts. She even mortgaged her convenience store for me.[But so what she did those things? She has no parents. She only did it because she wa

A flicker of pity was what made me hire Keith. It was also why I always made an extra meal at the shop.He used to say that he would repay me one day.But when he finally had the power to repay me, he was afraid I would actually ask for it.My lips curled up into a bitter smile.The snow kept falling harder. Just as I was about to freeze numb, the club doors swung open.-Keith walked out surrounded by a group of well-dressed rich kids. He wore a perfectly tailored designer suit, confident and radiant.He looked nothing like the poor boy in a cramped rental, dressed in cheap clothes from a street stall."Keith, when are you finally dumping that old woman?""Yeah, don't you get nightmares staring at her face every night? How long are you planning to keep this act up?"A flash of irritation crossed Keith's face. He waved them off impatiently."Drop it. Just thinking about her makes me smell that poor, old person stink all over again. If I wasn't worried she'd make a scene, I w

Keith's hands were shaking as he found Amanda's number and dialed.After several rings, an impersonal automated voice cut in.He didn't wait another second. He shoved the car door open and bolted out."Keith!"Rebecca's scream was left behind him.He shoved through the crowd, slamming past an officer who tried to stop him."Sir, calm down. This is a restricted area!"Inside the cordon, on the frozen ground, lay a human shape covered by a white sheet. You could vaguely make out a black winter coat beneath it.An hour ago, Amanda had been wearing that coat.The world went silent all at once, except for the shrill ringing in his ears.Keith lunged forward like he had lost his mind, his voice hoarse and warped."I'm her boyfriend! Let me through! I'm her only family!"Every pair of eyes around him locked onto his face, some filled with shock, some with pity and disdain.The officers held him back, telling him to calm down.Rebecca finally caught up. Seeing him like this only

The only thing that answered Keith was silence.In the cramped apartment, a faint metallic smell hung in the air.His heart dropped."Amanda? Where are you?" he shouted as he rushed into the bedroom.No one was there.The bathroom was empty as well."Amanda? Stop messing around. Come out."His gaze darted around the room in panic until it landed on a white sheet of paper on the floor, stained with blood.He bent down and picked it up. It was a folded hospital report.Patient name: Amanda Watson.Diagnosis: Stomach cancer, mid-stage.The report was dated one month ago.Keith's breathing stopped.He stared at the words, disbelief freezing him in place, as if every drop of blood had drained out of his body.Mid-stage stomach cancer. How was that possible?Details he had deliberately ignored came rushing back all at once.Amanda had rapidly lost a ton of weight recently. Keith had even joked that she had finally gone on a diet.During meals, she would barely eat a few bi