Chloe nodded and smiled sweetly. “Thank you, Thomas.”
“You’re my godsister, so it’s my responsibility to keep you happy always. No need to thank me for the gifts. Now, try them out and see if it suits you.”
“Alright.” She got out of the car to try on the shoes. “They fit perfectly.” After that, she took them off and changed into her old shoes again.
Puzzled, Thomas asked, “Why’d you change them out?”
“I’m going to wear these when Zachary comes home. I’m going to welcome him back while wearing these shoes.”
Unbeknownst to her, Thomas felt his heart shred into pieces upon hearing that, and he froze up. She has no idea her brother’s never coming home.
“What’s wrong, Thomas?”
He snapped out of it and heaved a long sigh. “It’s nothing. You should go back to work.”
“It’s almost lunchtime, anyway. How about I treat you to lunch?”
no mood for lunch, so he waved her down. “You
building while holding her new shoes. Every time I talked about Zachary, he would have a weird look on his face. It was almost as if Thomas was feeling sad. Why, though? Does he not want Zachary to come home? That’s not likely. They’re buddies, after all. He should be looking forward to it. Chloe was starting to suspect something, but she couldn’t put her finger on what
away, though he had no idea where to go. He came to a quiet spot to calm himself down. Then, he started burning through his stock of cigarettes, and soon, tears streamed down his cheeks. “I’m… sorry, my friend. I owe you a debt
that failed mission, especially the very moment he shot Zachary. Since then, he
post-traumatic stress disorder, but he never told anyone about it. He had a lot of things to do and so many people to protect. There was no way he could show his weaker
to Keyshire Property. He then went into
“You’re back.” Olivia smiled.
“Yeah,” Thomas responded.
she like the shoes you got
“Very much.”
“Good to hear.”
plopped down on
he didn’t just go to give Chloe some shoes. He’s trying his best to hide it, but I can feel a hint of depression coming from
that. After all, Thomas and Olivia were the perfect match, not her. She might be
they failed. Not only did they fail, but they also ended
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