"Don’t cry. You'll make me cry, darling.
Good night...”
Hanging up the phone, Grace walked forward.
It was three o'clock in the morning. There was no one else on the street.
She cast a long shadow on the street under the lights. She looked so lonely.
She pulled her suitcase and moved forward.
She took out her earphones and put them on.
She used to hate this singer, who was not handsome but married a beautiful woman. He cheated on his wife at last.
Yet now she wanted to listen to his song," Rescue".
"The lights twinkled in the street. Suddenly there was a cold wind. The memories are sweet but distant. It can't save me from sorrow. I drift like an abandoned ship. I make you cry every night. Dreams are like balloons...
"Love makes us together. Hatred asks for freedom. Yet love and hatred are entangled..."
She stood in the deserted street, looking around.
It was a bright street with neon lights shining all the time.
However, the air around her was so cold. She was the only person there.
She stood quietly for a few minutes,
stopped a cab, got in, and leaned on the window.
She watched the familiar scenery slowly recede as the night wore on.
She was moving forward, and the city was getting farther and farther away.
It was nearly four o'clock in the morning when she arrived at the empty airport.
Grace went to the ticket office and asked," Is there a flight that will soon take off?"
The staff checked and answered, "Yes.
Paris."
Grace bought a ticket.
She thought Paris was a beautiful, romantic, and elegant city. She always wanted to go there but had no opportunity.
In less than half an hour, the flight was boarding.
Grace gathered her trench coat around her, walked over, had her ticket checked, and boarded the plane, setting off for an unfamiliar city.
Although she was fiery, traveling alone made her feel a little lonely and scared.
Yet now, she was not afraid anymore.
The plane took off. She put on a sleep mask. Tears poured down her face in the dark. She roughly wiped her face and closed her eyes.
Summer looked at the phone in a daze and then told Mark, who had just woken up, that Grace had left the city.
Mark was surprised. He hugged her in silence.
He didn't know how to comfort her. After thinking for a while, he said, "She'll be happy." "Well, she also said so. I hope she will be happy. She suffered and changed a lot for Charlie. Now she can be herself, spontaneous and fiery. I think she will be happy..."
Summer was still crying. Just thinking of Grace made her cry.
At that time, Grace and Charlie started dating secretly. When everyone knew it, they were about to get married.
When it came to their divorce, the situation was the same.
Grace was alone. Did she feel scared going to a strange city in the deep of night?
Summer wondered if Grace had already boarded the plane and left the city that gave her sad memories. It was not bad for her.
When Grace came back one day, she would attract everyone's eyes.
In the bar.
Mark, Charlie, and Billy were drinking.
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