Back to the Past, I Gave Them a Future
Maybe he thought I no longer lived there.
One afternoon, after coming back from the market, I finally treated myself to a proper, hearty meal. With both meat and salad laid out, I was about to dig in when a sharp knock came at the door.
"Open up! Open the door! Bella, I know you're in there, don't pretend you're not!
"I can smell the food you made!"
Even though I had long since resolved to let Nathaniel go, those words tore open every emotion inside me. In my last life, I cooked and did all the chores for him for 40 years. And now, in this life, all it came to was going our separate ways.