In the dimmed street light, Karin walks down the mountain with her luggage.
When she gets to the University of Zurich, Billie stares at her luggage, asking, “What’s the heck are you doing?”
Stepping into her dorm, Karin sits on the perch of her bed without any word.
“What’s the matter? Haven’t you forgiven Troy?”
“I’m leaving tomorrow.”
“Where are you going?”
“Anywhere.”
Billie widens her eyes. “Are you insane?”
“What?”
“What if you get bullied by bad guys in some strange place?”
“I’m a grown-up, and I can take care of myself.”
“Then leave for home.”
Karin shakes her head. “I can’t.”
“What about William’s?”
“No.”
“Come on. I’m sure William would like to take you away with him.”
“But I don’t. After all, we’re not lovers.”
“Then why did you turn to him last time?”
“That was an emergency, okay? Now it’s different, as I’ll leave here on my own.”
Karin rises to her feet and walks to her desk. Starting her computer, she finds a map of China on the Internet. With her eyes closed, she clicks a place at random.
After she purchases a flight ticket online, Billie asks, “Are you sure you want this? Nothing to change your mind?”
She nods with a sigh.
“I don’t think Troy will let go of you.”
Karin doesn’t answer her. Billie swivels and secretly creeps out of the dorm.
“Stop!”
to inform him. He agreed that I
could
“Why not?”
he should make up for your loss of
Love can’t be measured in money. What we had was a love instead
Knock, knock…
the annoying knock. Billie angrily says, “Come
sees the man. “Robert, what
here for Miss
shifts his eyes to Karin. “I guess you
tell you
with her charmingly bright
He takes out two golden VIP bank card and says, “Mr. Troy told me to
“What are they?”
“VIP bank cards.”
sighing. “Someone told me that love can’t be measured by money, but
coldly turns around and gently says,
wants Miss Karin to live a better
I just don’t need them.
for Karin. “Karin deserves
“Billie!”
you? Just take his money away, and
“Give them back.”
“You…”
you to
anger scares Billie to give the cards back to
don’t give it a
her holy love. She’ll
“Fine. I’ll bring
with her index finger. “You pretty little idiot!
for ten minutes. Think about who’s the real
done nothing
Don’t you
“Yes.”
he can
gets dumbfounded. “What
What did you say in Robert’s face? He’d wrong your intension and thought you might regard love
I do
right. Lowering her head in disappointment, Billie wishes she could
through like I do. I know that, in the back of your mind, love
is too hypocrisy that I
are so naïve as to think love means all-in in a way that what we obtain will be a perfect love. Never will we understand the so-called
and chat
you
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