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on me so I could move forward with my plan. With his glacier-slow pace,

bit of playful flirting – but Walt remained unfazed. Even when

mething wron

work. When I finally came back after seeing the last customers out, exhausted, I g

drin

hy

your stomach

ly not anything tender or sweet. To

, gentle glow over his hair, giving it a light chestnut hue –

his hair, smiling. "Walt,

ll away this time. He just b

he first move, but befor

ght push him away like I had with Devin, or that even though I'd

ime, I did

ccept the son

t disgusted me,

up and sever ties with

k him out every night, dragging him into bars, clubs, upscale lounges – anything that

rumble. He skipped classes without notice, and his grade

Sakura Island, and even Silvercrest Mainland. I'd told him from the sta

the money? I

ing on his side, staring at his phone. He'd just taken out a sizable loan th

e with a flash of guilt. I stretched and

outside was

ently brushing his chin over my h

ould we go ne

ecided yet,"

m or a wish you have?

ys wanted to be an adventurer, exploring fore

nd waved a hand. "I'm kidding. I'm way too pampered for th

o much as glanced at something, he'd buy it with

kicked him out for chronic absenteeis

his degree – I could only imagine what his

lpable. I knew it wasn't school that troub

e to lend

n online gambling network. Walt was quickly hooked, eventua

he suddenly vanished for a few days last month. When he reappeared, he w

to do, Greta? W

oice a soft, pained whispe

only have so much I can give. Is there

da

g oddly at ease for the

e to see E

ould be the on

is my girlfriend

platform, Walt introdu

, it's been

but Erik hesitated, his hand lift

eing your father reminded me – he used to tutor me years ago. That

ng instead to his son, his

ail his expulsion, his two years of debt

nched his fists, his gaze hollow with shame and despair.

fec

le like that was p

debts. Even after exhausting his savings and

t their door. Realizing that Walt couldn

igy who had once entered a top university

hey wanted to avoid affecting students' moral

ried picking up tutoring gig

, where he and Walt hid from debt collectors. To make ends m

sby. I hadn't seen Walt since returning to my h

ile others speculated he'd fled, or even

a message from Walt, ask

der and sheets of rain. My old phobia seized me, root

reschedule, but

peatedly –

and I stayed awake, plagued by an

in a blanket, I hurried to open it, expecting Walt. B

ecade overnight, his clothes soaked

moved to close the door, but he reached o

come after me?

be nearly as satisfyi

me dead, d

a how many times

neither you nor me

ghtless. As I glanced down, I noticed he'd left somet

t handwriting, were the word