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Chapter 1

Nina's POVThe four of them were still laughing and joking, so no one heard me. My boyfriend, Lucas Lowe, pulled me along. He said, "Come on. Get in the car. Traffic's moving again."I was then shoved into the car and made to sit in the middle of the back row, with nothing on either side to lean against.Lucas reclined the front passenger seat for my best friend, Lindsay Lockhart, leaving my brother, Chad Jones, with even less room in the back. He shifted closer to me.Lindsay asked apologetically, "Won't it be uncomfortable for everyone in the back?"Chad waved his hand. "Go ahead and lie down. We're fine back here."My childhood friend, Shane Sullivan, chimed in, "Your back's not in good shape. You'll be more comfortable lying down. We have plenty of room."Half my body had gone numb from the weight pressing against me. The trash bags piled beneath my seat left me barely enough room to balance on my tiptoes. Chad glared at me and chided, "See? You should've thrown the trash

Chapter 2

Nina's POVBy the time we left the scenic area, it was already dark.Lindsay sat in the passenger seat, looking down at her phone. "There's a festival near our hotel."Lucas turned to her and smiled. It was a fond, affectionate smile. Not the kind he ever gave me. "Sure."Lindsay was allowed to spend hours wandering around a festival, but no one seemed to remember that I had walked two miles in the scorching sun today. She said, "Everyone's had a long day. Let's head back to the hotel and order takeout. We can visit the food street tomorrow."Chad said, "It's fine. I'm not that tired."Shane chimed in, "We came all this way to have fun, so we might as well make the most of it. What's the point of staying cooped up in a hotel? Don't you think so?"All three of them turned to look at me. Even Lucas, behind the wheel, watched me in the rearview mirror. It was as though they were asking for my opinion. But in reality, they were waiting for the answer they wanted to hear.This time,

Chapter 3

Nina's POVMom called, so I got up and found a quiet spot to answer. She asked, "What's wrong, Nina? You only just left today. Why are you already coming back?"Her question brought tears to my eyes. For a long moment, I couldn't bring myself to speak.Then I heard a sigh. "Nina, since you're on a trip, try to enjoy yourself. Stop getting upset over every little thing.""Okay, I got it," I answered.When I returned, Lindsay was sitting in my chair. The chair she had been using had been moved all the way to the far end.Lucas casually explained, "Lindsay got a bug in her eye just now. I was helping her get it out."She said, "I'll go back to my own seat."She didn't stand up, but Lucas still stopped her. "Stay there. Nina isn't that petty."Chad chimed in, "Exactly. What difference does it make where you sit?"Knowing better than to argue, I went to the seat at the very end and sat down.After dinner, we spent another three hours wandering around. The wounds on my feet kept r

Chapter 4

Nina's POVA gust of wind swept through, drowning out my words before anyone could hear them.Shane said jokingly, "Good thing Nina has us. She would be so lonely otherwise."Only then did I understand the truth. Being with a lot of people didn't necessarily mean you wouldn't be lonely.Lucas walked over and put an arm around my shoulders. He said, "Alright, stop talking about her like that. She has her strengths, too."My hand paused as I rubbed my aching legs. I looked up at him hopefully."Nina is obedient. That's her strength."He was wrong. That wasn't my strength. That was simply what they wanted me to be.As we headed down the mountain, a dark cloud rolled in with a rumble of thunder. The rain came without warning, pelting us in a relentless downpour.Lucas snatched the jacket from my hands and held it over Lindsay's head. "Lindsay is weak. She'll catch a cold if she gets wet."Chad and Shane supported Lindsay from either side. As they passed me, they just said one thi

Chapter 5

Third-Person POV"She left?" Lucas asked, his voice rising involuntarily.Shane asked, "Do you know where she went?" The receptionist shook her head. "She just asked us to call a cab for her to the railway station. That's all I know."Lindsay tugged at Lucas' sleeve. "Lucas, don't panic just yet. Maybe Nina just went home ahead of us."Chad took out his phone to call home. "Yeah, she must have gone home to get her passport. I'll call home."He pressed the phone to his ear and paced back and forth. He asked, "Mom, is Nina home?"A brief silence followed before Nina and Chad's mother, Giselle Smith, said, "Isn't she with you?"The call was on speakerphone. All of their expressions shifted at once at her words.Chad swallowed and said, "She left early. She said she needed to go back and take care of the paperwork for studying abroad.""What paperwork?""She said she's not coming with us to Narthton University anymore. She's going abroad to study."Giselle fell silent for a fe

Chapter 6

Nina's POVAfter returning home, I went straight to the hospital for an IV drip. The doctor asked how I had managed to push myself to this point. I looked at the wounds on my heels but said nothing.By the time the IV was finished, Mom had arrived at the hospital. She stood at the entrance of the ward, looking at me for a long time as her eyes gradually welled up with tears. "Nina…"I looked up at her. "I'm fine, Mom."She walked over and touched my forehead. "No, you're not fine. You have a high fever, and your feet are injured."She sat down beside my bed and fell silent for a while. After that, she asked, "Have you really decided to study abroad?""Yeah.""When are you leaving?" she asked."Most of the paperwork is already done. The school is rushing me, so I'll be leaving in a month."Mom said hesitantly, "It will be tough living abroad on your own.""Yeah." I watched the drops of medication slowly fall through the IV line. "However hard it gets, it's still better than st

Chapter 7

Nina's POVOn the day of my departure, Mom accompanied me to the airport. As I checked in, she stood beside me, giving me reminders. "Let me know when you've arrived safely as soon as you get there. Don't answer calls from unknown numbers. Don't try to handle everything on your own. If anything happens, contact me right away."I agreed to each reminder.Before I went through security, she hugged me. "Nina, I'm sorry. I assumed you were just throwing a tantrum without trying to understand what had happened."My eyes welled up with tears, and I hugged her back. "It's all in the past now."A boarding announcement came over the speakers. I let go of Mom, grabbed my luggage, and headed inside. As I neared the security checkpoint, I heard hurried footsteps behind me."Nina!"I stopped in my tracks and turned around. Chad and Shane came running through the crowd. They were breathing heavily, as though they hadn't stopped moving the entire time.Chad's eyes were bloodshot as he said,

Chapter 8

Nina's POVOn my 10th day abroad, I finished my enrollment procedures. During orientation, I met a few classmates. At lunch, one of the girls asked if there was anything I couldn't eat.I answered, "I don't eat spicy food."She nodded and turned the menu to the section with milder dishes. No one called me fussy or tried to convince me that it wouldn't hurt to have it just once.On the first weekend after classes began, some classmates invited me to go shopping with them.At the mall, I bent down to tie my shoelaces. When I looked up again, my classmates were still standing there, waiting for me.One of them even asked, "Are your shoes uncomfortable? Do you want to sit down for a bit?"I smiled. "I'm fine. Let's go."It turned out that people willing to wait for a person would never let them exhaust themselves trying to catch up. Kindness didn't necessarily have to come from the people one had known the longest.I gradually settled into my new life. I attended classes, comple

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