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.

door, she didn’t pretend to be cool anymore. She powerlessly leaned against the door …

never asked him why he showed up and why he

Never!

the sound

him away as

wouldn’t have to

she hate

knew all she needed to do was to make

phone,

… At that moment, no one knew what she

bit. Her eyes suddenly opened. She stepped on the floor barefoot and walked towards the window. As she passed

was still on. It was the interface of

then the wind blew the rain into the room and rain dropped on

right time.”

so focused that she

looked back and

actually felt that he had been standing there for a long

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

had got

turned around, held her blanket, and

she reached the door,

where are you

worriedly in deep

ridiculous and ironic the question

her into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, “I’ll sleep in the

had no more

they continued their normal boring

door, the fragrance of the food floated into the bedroom from the living room. After she dressed up,

Grace could still

were dark and shining with affection. She had to lower her head and eat breakfast to avoid meeting

laughed at herself because she tried

and said

I hope you get better

in a daze at first and then he smiled. “Sure!

was warm, but Grace felt that it was

to have

One month passed.

that Humbert got into trouble when he almost got all things done in

“I thought you were kidding. Maybe you are picking up

the phone, “Yes, I’m having fun.

come back.” There was an undetectable

cooperation with Cayne would end. But the cooperation

had entered

the specific details of the cooperation

The door opened and one of her old friend

is it going?” Grace greeted

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

Leno brought her

an envelope that was dyed with light blue ink patterns. There was no signature and no address on the surface of

piece of paper floated down from the

said, “Ms.

she reached out and asked Leno,

asked. Meanwhile, he threw a lighter

on