Sometimes, you come to your senses in just a matter o f seconds, and you suddenly see the light at the end of the tunnel.
The sadness, depression, and the feeling of suffocation were fading away. She was now different from the miserable look of the past few days.
She was a little excited, her expression brightening u p. But then, her expression froze as she looked in a particular direction.
Those changes of expressions would never escape Grace’s eyes. She turned around and saw through the transparent glass of Mark and the girl getting into the car together. "No way is he going out with another girl so quickly. Look at your expression; you look like a grumbling woman. Are you sure you can let go of him?"
Summer pulled back her eyes and stared at Grace, who was still chewing the straw. "Don't you think the girl’s behavior is a bit of an eyesore?”
"I just think you are jealous. Why do you think that girl is an eyesore to you? Have you thought of a solution?"
"Almost."
Grace poked Summer’s forehead with a finger. "I find
you are completely self-defeating. Now that you have thought of a solution, why did you push him away again, and then tortured yourself this way?"
"I just found the solution." It was a lightbulb moment.
"Then why didn’t you think of it two days ago?"
"My mom scared me out of my wits, and I did not have time to think about it so much, but just felt painful, depressed, and struggling. It was better to be dead than alive for me,” she said, looking around the mall again. "Shopping costs money, but it could be inspiring sometimes." She mocked.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: A Contract Marriage After a ONS