In simple words-have nothing to do with each other!
Petra's eyes flashed with a hint of pain. "I know you won't be able to forgive me so easily nor will you want to have anything to do with me, but I really want to make up for the mistakes I made back then. I want to make it up to you."
After a pause, she continued, "Can you promise me, Wanda?"
I was just about to refuse when the crisp sound of high heels rang out from behind, followed by a woman’s furious roar. "Mom! What are you talking about?"
Petra and I turned around.
It turned out that Cindy had secretly followed us and overheard everything that Petra said.
Petra looked at her with a frown. "Why did you follow me?"
"Why do you want to make it up to her, Mom?" Cindy pointed at me furiously. "Look what she turned us into! Why would you want to make it up to her?"
As soon as she said that, Cindy walked up to me and pushed me. "You’re a jinx! Anyone who is involved with you gets unlucky. You're lucky we’re not
demanding compensation, yet now you want us to compensate you?”
There was a fountain behind me that no longer operated in winter but there was still water in the pool. I could not help but fall backward into the pool.
The water was very cold in winter, the kind of cold that went straight to your bones. The cold spread throughout my body and I momentarily lost consciousness as I sat still in the pool for a very long time.
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