Chapter 19

She checked her phone and found that apart from a Twitter direct message, only Trisha had sent her a WhatsApp message, asking her where she had gone and why she hadn’t returned.

Celeste replied to her: [I’m with my mom.]

Trisha quickly replied: [How’s she?]

[About the same as before.]

[Well, that’s good news. Maybe one day a miracle will happen, and your mom will wake up.]

her comforting words, Celeste felt a little better: [Thank you for that. You can go to

call me if you need

her a “love you” emoji.

lit up for a moment. Celeste turned sharply and saw a well–dressed man a few steps away from her holding a phone, with

head, the man seemed to be stunned, then smiled

man, and snatched his phone. “Didn’t anyone tell you? Taking pictures of strangers without permission is an invasion of privacy. Tell me

looked a bit amused but still gave her a series of numbers, “0712.”

Celeste found only one recently taken photo, a night view of the building below, without her in it. There were only a few seconds between the flash and her snatching the phone, so the man had no chance to delete the photo. The only explanation was that he hadn’t

bit embarrassed and annoyed. How could she

was struggling with how to make up for her previous impolite behavior, the man took the initiative to speak up, “I’m really sorry, I just thought the night view

should apologize, I was too sensitive.

are really

said, “No, it’s just a personal hobby. I noticed you’re very sensitive

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