Chapter 8
The day after tomorrow is my birthday,
Originally, Theodore and I had planned to go to the Maldnes for our honeymoon after the wedding, and celebrate my birthday there.
Now that plan has fallen through.
My mom Elena Brooks called me: “Babe, I’m throwing you a birthday party the day after tomorrow at our Azure Hotel Make sure you dress up nicely.”
She and my dad Aaron Brooks never approved of my relationship with Theodore anyway.
After learning about Theodore’s death, they simply transferred several hundred thousand dollars to my account to comfort me.
That’s just their straightforward way of handling things.
After hanging up, I noticed a message from Alexander on WhatsApp: [Hello.]
I replied: [Hello.]
I clicked on his profile picture—a crescent moon in the deep night, like a crack torn through the darkness.
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[I don’t need to explain what this profile picture means, do I?]
[Let’s give a round of applause to this man who’s been posting links on Facebook every day to test whether Chloe has deleted him, searched for Chloe’s WhatsApp account a hundred times, and only today finally sent his first message.]
[Applause!]
I looked at his WhatsApp status updates, which were mostly work–related content.
Occasionally mixed in were posts about his daily activities like working out, skydiving, and paragliding.
Back in high school, way more girls chased after Alexander than Theodore.
After all, he was the heir to the Thompson family of Washington, always surrounded by people.
This always reminded me of my playboy father Aaron, who constantly had countless women around him.
Ever since Theodore confessed to me, I rarely saw Alexander around campus anymore.
I heard he transferred to the international division and applied to universities abroad.
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I was actually relieved at the time.
Long after Theodore and I had been dating, my arranged engagement with Alexander was naturally called off.
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But now, the comments on my spaghetti post said that if I didn’t respond to his messages, Alexander would become obsessive and violent.
Those comments also said he would imprison me, and that last night he…
Anyway, I found it hard to connect these words with him.
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