Gone For Good
Susie Chance always claimed to value fairness above all else.
Because of that, she ordered a specially designed chip implanted into my body.
Whenever her childhood sweetheart suffered bouts of stomach cancer, all his suffering would be transferred onto me.
On the day he underwent tumor-removal surgery, I collapsed in agony in the hospital corridor.
Meanwhile, Susie gently comforted him in the ward.
“So? It didn’t hurt at all, right?”
Later, she said she wanted to hold a wedding with her childhood sweetheart, so he could experience being a groom as well.
“Even though the one marrying me is Mark, the one I’ll register with in the future will still be you. I told you… I’ve always treated you both equally.”
I said nothing, simply returning the wedding ring she had once placed in my hands.
However, when the wedding march finally began to play, I boarded a one-way flight far away.