When Sabrina saw Sebastian and Lori walk toward his car, laughing and smiling along the way, her chest felt as if it had been battered by a blunt object until her blood was splattered all over the ground.
For a moment, she was numb to the pain. She stared dumbly at the two of them as they climbed into the car, and continued staring until the car drove away.
She knew Kingston must be the one driving. This reminded her of the phone call Kingston made to her two days ago. She never really understood the meaning of that sudden and awkward phone call. Even though Kingston looked like a cheeky and cheery man, he was never careless.
Now, she finally understood.
Kingston was taking the risk to alert her of the fact that Sebastian had had a change of heart.
Standing beside her own car, Sabrina felt dizzy, as if her legs could not support the weight of her body, as if she had drunk twenty pints of alcohol.
She did not know how she made it into the car, did not know how she started the engine, nor did she even know how or when she started driving. On the way, she was surprised that she still knew she had to stay safe.
'Sabrina,' she thought to herself, 'you have to drive
carefully; you can't get involved in an accident. You have a mother who's waiting for you to take care of her in her old age. You have a six-year-old daughter who needs you to raise her into an adult. Sabrina, calm down! Calm down! Calm down!!’
Sabrina drove all the way to her mother's house. She had just sent her mother home less than two hours ago. And now, she was back again.
Her mother was already worried about her, and now seeing Sabrina’s arrival, her heart dropped into the bottom of her chest.
Gloria was shocked to see her daughter's pale and lifeless face; even her lips were completely devoid of color.
She looked at Sabrina, her heart aching. "What happened, Sabbie? What’s wrong? Quick, tell me! I’ll bear the burden with you. No matter what, the two of u s are stronger together.”
Gloria knew, even though she had a house here in South City, a little courtyard complete with pets and the furniture in her house worth millions of dollars.
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