“Let me take her to the hospital first, and I’ll come back to explain everything. Please believe me just once.”I wanted to refuse, but the seventeen-year-old Brandon was crying beside me. He crouched on the ground and trembled, as if he were an abandoned puppy. He seemed pitiful and helpless. He mumbled, “Rhea, I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”He had done nothing wrong. When he was seventeen, I was the only one for him. He had never betrayed our relationship, and he only loved me. However, seventeen-year-old Brandon was barely the same person as twenty-seven-year-old Brandon.I felt conflicted. I lowered my eyes and agreed to his request under his fervent gaze. Brandon was overjoyed. He stepped forward to hug me. “Wait for me.”After that, he carried Anna in his arms and disappeared from my sight.It was dawn, and Brandon still had not returned. He begged me to trust him, but he also broke his own promise. I quietly completed my discharge procedure. Then, I took a taxi an
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