Signed In Silence 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 121 - 챕터 122

Leander I stood motionless beneath the sprawling crystal chandelier, my shoes anchored to the cold marble floor. The echo of her footsteps down the gravel drive vanished instantly into the wet London mist. But the canvas bag that worn, olive-drab duffel she had carried out of the Southwark flat four years ago remained burned into the back of my eyelids. She had left. She had taken three sweaters, a pair of jeans, her father's backup drive, and a cheap journal. She had simply walked out of the cage, leaving the door wide open behind her to show me how hollow the gold plating had always been. My chest felt as though it had been split open with an iron wedge. Every breath scraped raw against my ribs, burning my throat with the metallic taste of panic and unshed tears. For four years, I had believed I was the master strategist. I had believed that if I controlled the variables, mapped the threats, and bought up every debt tied to her name, I could keep the universe from devouring th