Chapter 10 Blood Roses
On payday evening, empty-handed, I returned home with a hint of anticipation. As expected, amidst my mother’s scolding, I was driven out.
My beloved sister sat on the sofa, cracking sunflower seeds, indifferent.
Walking on the street with an empty stomach, I realized the food in the fridge had been finished.
All the money I received from the men over the years, and not a penny in my pocket.
My mind was filled with my mother’s sharp words just now.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.
“Kelly just having such an excellent boyfriend and you quit your job at this time. You just don’t want us to have a good life! If you hadn’t killed your father, would our family be so difficult?”
“What’s the point of having such a beautiful body if you don’t use it to make money? Why wasn’t it you who died?”
Exhausted, I sat on the steps by the road, and a hand with a box of milk was extended to me.
With tears in my eyes, I looked up, and the man illuminated by the streetlight appeared like a god descending from the heavens, imposing and handsome.
It was him again, Jamie.
Without having time to ponder how he ended up here, I took the milk and poured it into my mouth.
That night, Jamie took me to a restaurant, ordered a table full of dishes, and watched me eat.
After dinner, he offered to take me back to my rented apartment. Without calling a cab, I said I wanted to walk back.
Along the riverbank, I walked ahead of him, silent all the way.
At the bottom of the apartment building, Jamie handed me a wad of cash, telling me I could call him anytime, no matter what happened.
Although I refused his money, I smiled at him for the first time.
In three separate encounters with this man, I found myself in such a disheveled state.
There was no decadent smell on him that the other men carried with them, and I felt that I didn’t repel him.