After the Homewrecker Left のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 16

Inside the cardboard box was a diary.Kenneth's name was written on the first page, in the still-childish handwriting of a 15-year-old.Besides the diary, the box held a few things that looked familiar to Adele, though she could not say why.Adele turned to the first page. For the first time in all these years, she truly stepped into Kenneth's life, a life that had revolved entirely around her.[The moment I first saw Adele Bellamy, I knew I was done for. She wore a white dress and gave the freshman welcome speech onstage. Her expression was completely flat, yet she turned my whole world upside down.[I tried to get to know her, but we lived in completely different worlds. She would glance at me a few times and then forget me the moment she turned away. All I could do was hand her a few extra bottles of water whenever she gave a speech, but plenty of people were doing the same thing. She only ever drank the water Cyrus Wakefield handed her.[Everyone says I stood up at that weddi

Kenneth's POV:What Adele did not know was that I would never go back.That day, I planned to leave Marlow Bay right away. Then I got a call from a neighbor back in my hometown. He told me the area was being redeveloped and asked whether I wanted to sell my family's old house and make some money off it.I agreed almost without hesitation and went back home to sign the sale contract.A moment before, I had been so broke that I could barely afford a single plane ticket. Now I suddenly had the means to start over in another city.After weighing my options, I chose Vellmoor, a city I had never set foot in and had only ever seen in ads, famous for its maze of hills and winding stairways.To keep Adele from finding me, I did not fly. I took an unlicensed cab across the border, then switched between ferries, buses, and every other kind of transportation, sightseeing along the way. Ten days later, I finally arrived in Vellmoor.It was already October, yet Vellmoor was so hot that I brok

I closed the shop early that day and went home, because I did not want anything more to do with Adele.She had not managed to spoil my mood. On the way back, I even stopped by the supermarket and picked up a few houseplants.I thought that after hearing me speak so bluntly, Adele would disappear from my world for good. I never expected that the moment I walked into my apartment building, Doreen would shoot me a knowing look. "Ken, why didn't you ever tell us your wife was this gorgeous?"I saw the figure leaning against my door and sighed. Then I corrected Doreen, "Ex-wife."At the sound of my voice, Adele and Matilda both turned to look at me."I thought I made myself perfectly clear," I said flatly.Adele furrowed her brow. Her eyes were dark and intense as they fixed on me, as if she had a thousand things to say.Matilda was the first to come toward me. She gathered all her courage and tugged at the hem of my shirt. "Daddy, I'm sorry."She said it very earnestly, and I belie