I've Been There Before

“It was you?” Grace suppressed her anger as her gaze swept across the mess. Obviously, she was asking if it was caused by the person opposite her.

“I’m sorry.”

That person carefully apologized and his eyes filled with guilt.

But Grace wanted to laugh. The person behind the washing table used to be so arrogant that he would never admit his mistakes easily. Now, he actually admitted it immediately.

However, there was another kind of anger that came from the depths of her heart, which was faint and unclear.

She did not realize that her anger was not only at the mess.

She glanced coldly at him and took out her phone from her backpack.

“Humbert, it’s me. When will you come?” she indifferently asked. A black shadow slanted towards her. The phone fell to the ground unexpectedly, which made her anger burned even more violently. She shouted at him.

“Caden! What are you doing on earth?!”

It was too difficult for her to treat him an eight-year-old child now.

Anger made her to temporarily lose her rationality. She only wanted to vent all of her anger on this guy!

“Grace, why did you call Humbert?” he asked her angrily and straightforwardly.

Grace looked up and was drown into the clear eyes. She was shocked by the anger and despair in his eyes, “You…”

His eyes immediately turned red, as if it wasn’t him who caused trouble, but her.

“Why did you call Humbert?”

He asked her again.

Grace discovered that under that clean and innocent gaze, she was unable to answer his question directly.

“You should have followed Humbert to where you should have gone.” She turned her head and tightly clenched her palms.

After a long while, no sound came.

The man didn’t say anything.

just as she turned her head,

away.” The small voice included weakness and pleading. She could feel his uneasiness. “Is that OK?” he whispered.

Was that OK?

careful. She

be soft-hearted again.

glared fiercely at

in her

shouldn’t be in.” She didn’t want to know if he would be able to understand these words and feel her determination now.

a mentally retarded patient.

again and again, “Don’t be soft-hearted. Don’t be soft-hearted!”

heart were just dozing off. They will wake up sooner or later.

do that again...”

wants to send you lunch. But Caden is

Hiss!

He… She scanned the mess on

she couldn’t be soft-hearted. She

gentle with anyone,

Tick tick tick...

sounds echoed in the living room, which were like the sounds of water falling

tap had

seemed

at

like blades. Only then did she notice that his

“Nothing.”

me your hands.”

took a step forward, and he immediately retreated, avoiding

the ground where he had been standing, which made her heart ached

suddenly got close to him, “Take out your hand. Let

He retreated still.

ground. She was too anxious and forgot that she was a cripple now. She walked too quickly and slipped, “Oh!”

pain. A muscular arm was on her waist and tightly held her. “Grace, you are

she could only see the worry and fear in his eyes, as if

Before she could stand firmly, she quickly grabbed the hand on her

glance, she caught the wounds on his palm and fingers. She was angry. “Don’t move,” she shouted in a deep voice, with a

she walked towards the corner