It was already late winter and the night wind blew mercilessly outside.
Although the weather had been good for the past few days, the temperature varied significantly between day and night in A City.
As the night wore on, the wind's icy blasts swept across people's faces like sharp knives and the pain was extreme.
Molly and Steven were sitting on a bench in Moonlight Street, one of the busiest streets in A City at night. To others, this might have felt like paradise, yet the two felt like they were kicked down into hell once again.
Molly looked up at the bright neon lights of the Grand Night Casino. She felt numb, inside and outside.
She thought, 'Life is quite strange. One moment you are struggling to pay your bills, and in the next moment, you want nothing in life.'
Steven, who was sitting beside her, felt nervous about her silence. He was wrapped in his guilty conscience, yet many of the things that had happened were out of his control, like his addiction to gambling.
her eyes were still red and teary. Her long curly
the long silence. With knitted eyebrows, he rubbed his hands together
was hollow and it quickly drifted into the air like a light breeze.
Steven's eyes widened in shock like large saucers. He examined
She knew
cut in my back which I got during the first kidnap and another in my chest. The cut
ghastly expression and he was overwhelmed by a sense of guilt.
pay your debts, mom's medical bills and Daniel's tuition," Molly said with a smile on her face, although her voice was full of sorrow. "But now, I'm living a great life! I don't need to think about my living expenses, neither do I have to worry about mom's illness or Daniel's tuition. Believe it or not, I spent a few million during a shopping spree this
breathe, as if her words were weighing on his mind. He had never seen Molly talk to him like this.
Molly lowered her head, concealing the bitterness and helplessness in her eyes. "His world is
that I was supposed to be free." Molly paused and sniffed. With teary eyes and shivering lips, she stared at Steven and went on to say,"But now, it looks like I will never be
because-" Steven failed to finish his sentence. He thought, 'It will be better if she doesn't know. I should never tell her about it. Even though she would never forgive me for ruining her life, it's still better as long
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