Chapter 8%
“But mom, I just realized how important you are to me. I can’t live without you. Mom, please forgive me and dad.“>
“Shut up!” I interrupted them coldly, thinking that their words were extremely hypocritical. “Are you still pushing all of this onto Myma?
“Did she force you to save her? Did she force you to get close to her and hurt me? You just want to put the blame on her so you can beg for my forgiveness with a clear conscience, right?
“You blame her for cheating on me, but what if Myrna didn’t cheat or lie? Then you won’t repent at all and will only think that the harm suffered was all my own fault. §
“But what did I do wrong? Why did I let you hurt me like this?“>
They opened their mouths, but could no longer utter a word. The regret and pain in their eyes seemed to swallow them up.
They finally realized how wrong they were and they also finally understood that I would never look back.
“I’m sorry.” Franklin lowered his head deeply, as if he wanted to bend himself into the mud.
He was like a shrimp with its thread pulled out, hunched over and uttering mournful roars.
Oliver could not hold back his sadness any longer and burst into tears.
I was still not moved at all. I just said, “Franklin, the moment you walked past me to save Myrna and Oliver, the moment you watched me die without lifting a finger–our bond in this lifetime was severed. From now on, we are strangers. We will never meet again.”)
“No, please don’t!” Franklin wailed. He frantically searched all his pockets and finally took out a crumpled piece of paper.
He handed me the note in a flattering manner, with my childish handwriting on it.
[Franklin’s special pote, deadline: 100 years.]
I smiled and moved closer and then, under his increasingly bright eyes, I snatched the note, lit it with fire and threw it away.
“Franklin, you believe a joke told by a four–year–old?“}
Franklin rushed forward, ignoring the scorching fire, hoping to save the note, but he only grabbed a handful of ashes.
His eyes became completely dim and he knelt there motionless, as if he had lost all life.
After that day, I never saw them again.
The next time I heard from Franklin was a
year later.
By then, my throat had fully recovered and with my own efforts, I was able to step onto the stage I had always dreamed of.
I had just taken off my makeup when I received the call from Franklin’s mother.
On the other end of the phone, she was crying and sobbing, “Jenna, Franklin and Oliver… they committed suicide.”}
I was stunned for a moment and after a long time, I sighed deeply.}
Well, this was their karma.
I attended their funeral and at the end, Franklin’s mother handed me a suicide note with red eyes.>
“This is what Franklin and Oliver left for you before they died.“}
I licked my dry lips and squeezed out two words, “Auntie, I’m sorry, but I’d like to ask, how did they suicide?“}
Franklin’s mother covered her face and cried, “They jumped into the sea and died. Jenna, you are the only one left for me from now on.”
I hugged her slowly and patted her back gently.
I waited until the guests left before I unfolded the letter. The ink inside seemed to have been stained by tears and had become blurred.
[Jenna, please forgive me and Oliver for not letting you rest in peace when you die. In these two lifetimes, we owe you so much.]]
When I saw this, I was suddenly shocked. Were they both reborn?!
Did they commit suicide because they felt guilty about me?>
[In our previous life, we caused your death and then we found out the truth. It was extremely painful. But now, when we are reborn again. We are still a step too late and have harmed you to this point.”
[Every moment I can’t see you, Oliver and I are haunted by nightmares. We often dream of the scene in which you were killed by our own hands in your previous life. I can’t sleep every day. I think Oliver and I should pay for your life.}
[I have sent Myrna to a mental hospital. After we die, all our assets will belong to you. I will rely on you to provide for my parents in their old age.”
[If there is an afterlife, I hope we can still love each other.]
“No!” I said to myself, “In the next life, or the next life, I don’t want to see you again.“}
Then, I burned it directly.
After that, I traveled all over the world with my mother–in–law and father–in–law, taking my billions of assets in use.
(The End)
