I've Been There Before

It was clear and a bit hot with the sun shining, Grace wrapped her coat tightly again. There were few people in the tree-lined trail. But whenever someone passes by her, he looked at her with strange eyes.

"Is...is she a little insane?"

A young couple passed by behind her. They didn't forget to look back at her again. They talked in a low voice. Although they didn't say it in front of Grace, they didn't lower their voices either.

The sound of small and fragmented discussions sounded in the back of her, and she was accustomed to it. She was accustomed to the usual surprised expressions of those who occasionally passed by.

Looking up at the sun right in the sky, she knew how terrifying her attire at the moment was in the eyes of others.

When everyone was wearing short-sleeved shorts and short skirts, she was wrapped tightly without showing any her skin.

She glanced at the long-sleeved shirt and regretted... She should wear a thicker coat.

There was pain in her bones. Next to her was a young couple riding a bicycle, dangling past her.

The girl was dressed in a white skirt, while the boy was in a white shirt. They looked outgoing and lively. Their brisk chats could be heard from far away,

"Hey. Let’s go to the amusement park later, the weather is fine today, what a pity not to go."

"Okay, okay, it's up to you, let's go to the amusement park."

"How about going camp at night? I bought a tent."

While talking and chatting, the bicycle passed by Grace.

"Hey! Wait a minute."

"What?" The young couple was surprised. The boy put his foot on the ground and stopped, "You call us...?" Grace looked up and down again. The boy was handsome. His delicate brows frowned, "What’s up?" He looked at Grace with suspicion...this, this, isn't she a lunatic?

Grace was stunned... She didn't want to stop the couple, but she couldn't help but do it.

"Are you... okay?" The girl in the back seat with beautiful short chestnut hair tilted her head, stretched out her hand, and shook it in front of Grace.

Grace was stunned, "I..." What did she do?

did she suddenly

want to ask for directions? It's okay, you can ask, my boyfriend is a know-how, and

Grace quickly lowered her eyelids, blinked. She raised her hand as if inadvertently to wipe the soreness of the corners of

I...it will rain today.

around and left. Her feet were inconvenient, so it looked a little strange when she walked. But from the perspective of her pace, it seemed she was a

couple in the

vaguely, "Really? Does the

boy also looked puzzled, "Maybe... she was wrong? But she

away. Grace gave a wry smile...A

she had been in jail, would

Grace went forward aimlessly.

her head again, Grace

banyan tree, a man in white shirt

with his hands in the trouser pockets. He smiled at her with a stubborn look, showing his big white teeth, so even

she seemed to see the summer

than this, the boy was dressed in a white shirt, khaki pants, and white sneakers. Standing in the

troublesome. Hurry up, if you don't

under the banyan tree, waiting for

When did that happen?

the third year of junior

and him become

She couldn’t remember...

said to the man in the

the man in the shade of the tree, with a clear voice, called

call, Grace trembled for a while, and came to her senses. She looked at the man under the banyan tree with his fingers in his trouser pockets. The corner of her mouth overflowed with

Not that man...

"Hello, Mr. Cordon."

greeted the man under

teeth, tilted his head and said to her, "Come here. Don’t stay far away. Come to

at her

Cordon, are you

it right, he did say so