“I feel guilty towards Shane and you. I don’t
know what to do.”
“Tomorrow’s our wedding. Let’s go, okay?”
I said yes. Perhaps it was time to leave.
The next morning, Chloe took me to the
courthouse. A phone call stopped us. Chloe
soothed the caller.
I stood from my chair and left. The car sped
away. I watched Chloe’s worried face and
whispered goodbye.
Chloe, tired of soothing the caller, thought of
me, who never needed soothing.
She turned, finding the wheelchair empty. She
grabbed a stranger, frantically asking…
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“Have you seen the person in the
wheelchair?”
I asked several passersby. They shook their
heads, hurrying away.
Chloe panicked.
Thinking I’d been kidnapped again, she called
Shane.
No answer.
She frantically searched for me, calls and
texts flooding my phone.
[I cancelled the wedding.] [We’re over.]
Chloe’s body trembled, reading the texts. A terrifying feeling washed over her, threatening
to overwhelm her. Even her breakup with Luna hadn’t been this unsettling.
She called repeatedly, but got only busy
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signals, then a message: “The number you
have dialed is currently unavailable.”
Chloe was beside herself. Staring at the
empty space where my wheelchair had been,
she couldn’t fathom how someone confined
to a chair could suddenly walk.
She ran a hand through her hair, her thoughts
a chaotic mess. Her phone buzzed
incessantly, calls she usually answered
instantly now felt like death knells. They irritated her, filling her with resentment.
If it weren’t for Shane, I wouldn’t have been kidnapped, wouldn’t have left.
Chloe loosened her collar, sat down, and answered.
“Lulu, don’t leave me,”
“Don’t marry him, okay?”
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“If you marry him, I’ll jump off a building!”
Shane sobbed on the phone. Chloe’s brow
furrowed, she didn’t respond.
Lately, Shane’s tantrums were relentless, and Chloe had been a dog, placating him. Initially, the reunion had felt like a miracle, and she gladly indulged him.
But his demands grew increasingly
unreasonable, and she was stretched too thin.
Her worst fear had come true. I had left her.
She realized how absurd her actions had
been.
“Shane, are you done?”
“If you want to die, go ahead!”
She hung up, turned off her phone.
Shane, meanwhile, was wrecking his
apartment. Wang Ma tried to intervene, but
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he shoved her to the ground, cracking her
head.
“It’s all that man’s fault! He stole Lulu!!”
Shane stormed into a small room and pulled
out a box.
Inside were photos of Chloe and me, and
mementos. I hadn’t taken them.
Shane emptied the box, smashing what he
could, tearing the rest. He got a lighter, ready
to burn everything.
Chloe arrived to find this scene.
“Shane!”
She snatched the lighter.
