Chapter 3
After removing my makeup and returning home, I pulled up ↑
up photos of Tyler’s mother on my phone while examining
The amount written was enough to cover a full year of medical expenses
Tyler, what other secrets have you kept from me?||
I heard sounds at the door and quickly hid the check |
-Emma. 1 got paid for my part time job. 1 bought your favorite cheesecake. Come try them” Tyler called out.||
When he saw the wound on my forehead, his smile froze.||
He rushed over, his eyes full of concern:]]
“What happened? Does it hurt?“]
I forced a smille
Just scratched myself by accident. It’s nothing. Why waste money on cheesecake? They’re in expensive. []
of the check
How could that be a waste? Emma, if I could, I’d give you all the best things in the world. Being with me has already been hard enough in you, Fin working so hard to earn money so my haby can have a good life. []
I remained silent. His sweet talk was as smooth as ever.
But now, combined with Olivia’s perfamse still lingering on hem, it all felt so absurd||
Tyler didn’t notice my change in mood. He casually glanced at my phant and laughed||
på
“Hey, girls like looking at handsome guys, why you’re staring at pictures of a sick old women?-||
I was stunned
“You don’t recognize her??–||
Tyler looked confused
“No, should I? Is she your relative? I If so, we can buy some flowers and visit her sometime.
“By the way, Emma, I have another part–time job tonight. I need to leave now and can join you for dinner. Be good and wait for me at home.“]
He ruffled my hair, put on his worn–out jacket, and left
I stood frozen, shocked by his words
berly woman lying in the bed, telling me with grief that it was his
He was the one who had taken, me to the hospital in the first place, pointing the remainse elderly mother.]
1 zoomed out the photo. Every detail snapped into focus-
Tyler was standing beside the bed.
But now he claimed not to recognize her??
Iardy took a taxi and followed Tyler. I watched him enter a high
He swiped his card to pay the bill without hesitation and then headed to a hotel ||
Into an expensive suit worth thousands.
n, arm in arm with an elegant older woman, acting coquettishly:||
As soon as I entered the baby, I spotted olivia in a designer gown, arm in
Tyler looked somewhat like this woman. He approached the woman, handed her a gift, and said.||
y berthday Mom –||
A waice of aboundity washed over me, and I couldn’t tell whether I should feel angry or heartbroken ||
In the past, Tyler appeared worn down by overwhelming medical bills and deld. His eyes were constantly
dy filled with
with sadness, worried about his severely ill
What did any of it mean?||||
ping, I worked tirelessly to earn money
Amining myself on water alsine. I fainted several times because of low Traild only hory the drape it candles to relieve the dizziness
