103 Grew Up With Love

Scarlett’s POV

“Are you sure you are okay? You can cry if you want to Adrian asked for the third time I got back into his car. I told him he didn’t have to wait for me, but he was still where he parked when I came out, just as surprised as I was when he saw me.

I’m not that sad. Not like when I found out about the truth of my “family“, about how each one of them betraded me and wanted to cut things off me. They bought my life for their beloved daughter, what’s so wrong in that?

I’m actually happy now that their daughter is finally cured. They don’t need me anymore.

“Ava is perfectly okay now. Her status is stable,” I tell Adrian, feeling a long–lost lightness, “Maybe they won’t even chase after me if I were to tell them that I’m leaving.”

“She’s cured only by exploiting you!” Adrian rolls his eyes, complaining resentfully

providing her my blood and bone marrow, or more, your know?” I’m

to leave in such a hurry,” Adrian suggests with a cautious tone, “You have friends

back into the seat, laughing with him, “From one to ten, how much did your misplaced affection play in that decision? I

to know.”

shoots me a plaintive glare, but infected by my good

the sky. He puts on a painful look, umbling something about

huge burden off my shoulders. This is the place where I threw out my torn flight tickets with Aurora not so long ago. That time even the bright sun out there

Even the black cloud over us looks

got my health, my education and my ability to support myself, my friends who care about me, and a real family waiting for me on the other side of a few–hour–long flight! I have got my freedom, AND got the weight of Ava’s life off

no one could

with me being saved. I’m glad I grew up with love in my chest,

a cut on the joints of his right hand.

his right hand briefly with

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