I've Been There Before

At night, she could not sleep well. It rained late at night. The raindrops pattered on the window. She tossed and turned.

Hours later, she still did not feel sleepy at all.

She pulled away the quilt and walked down to the ground barefoot, pacing irritably in front of the window.

She put on her nightgown and walked barefoot into the living room. She turned on the TV and found there was a children’s show on TV. She was absent-minded for a moment. It occurred to her that she had not watched TV for a long time.

However, Caden often watched TV.

She lay on the sofa like Caden usually did. She was surprised by the cartoon named “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” on the screen.

Wolves eat sheep. This was the law of the jungle. Did he watched this cartoon every day?

A noise came from outside.

Grace got alert.

She listened carefully for minutes. She was sure that she heard a noise.

Was there a thief?

But that was impossible. Caden agreed to let her move out of the manor of the Shaw Family because the security measures were pretty good here.

Maybe there was a cat, or a dog, or a kid.

She opened the door.

...

She was shocked.

It was Caden!

Her heart beat fast.

They looked at each other for nearly five minutes, with no words.

She seemed to be calm.

However, when she saw his pleading eyes, she started to melt down.

She turned around and walked into her department.

The door wasn’t closed.

She didn’t look back or checked if he had come in. She walked into the bedroom and brought out a bathrobe and towel. When she returned to the living room, there was nobody. She looked at the door. He was standing there, staring at her.

She silently walked to the door and handed the towel and bathrobe to him.

She turned around again.

Just then, she saw the happiness in his eyes when he took the towel and bathrobe from her.

“Grace, you’re so nice.”

Suddenly, Caden’s voice appeared.

She stopped at the door of her bedroom and clenched her fist.

Then she entered her bedroom, ignoring all the sounds outside.

pretend to be cool anymore. She

showed up and

Never!

her phone. She couldn’t identify whether the sound she heard

Ingemar would take him away as long as she

to suffer

she

to do

her phone, her hands were

moment, no one knew what she was

on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed by the bed, she threw her mobile

phone was still on. It was the interface of the address book which displayed a name

rain into the room and rain dropped

the right

looked outside before the window in concentration. She was so focused that she didn’t noticed that

suddenly heard a noise. She looked back and saw Caden standing at

but she actually felt that he had been standing there

to say, as if they were a couple that had been

got

around, held her blanket, and walked

the

are you

worriedly in deep

How ridiculous and ironic

her into the bedroom. Then he closed

more words all

morning, they continued their normal boring

of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up, she sat down

But Grace could still sense the passion in his

dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head

laughed at herself because she tried to

around at the door and said solemnly to

you get better

at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

sunshine was warm, but Grace felt that it

to have reached a

One month passed.

got all things done in

said to Humbert, “I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up girls in Italy now and having a lot of

on the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun. But, I’m

back.” There was an undetectable

cooperation continued.

entered its

representatives of both sides were ought to meet again to discuss the specific details of the cooperation

The door opened and one of her old

Lo, how is it going?”

was still thinking about whether she should visit her partner after the cooperation entered the second

Leno brought

that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of the envelope. She glanced at Leno and then opened

piece of paper floated down

“Ms.

it silently, she reached out and asked Leno, “Do you have

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter to

on the