Light, prolonged

春分 [13] / [33]

Mar 1. 2025

“See? You’re not a man. You’re just a greenhorn smelling of fishy milk, who isn't even worth the effort of killing. Now, get the hell out of my sight. If you dare open your hole to babble even a word about me, I will find you and smash your tiny head open.”

She kindly cut the restraints binding his body. He stumbled towards the door, knocking into furniture as he went. Lucas was scared of Nina changing her mind, stalking him with the knife and stabbing him to death. He got to the front door and released the lock. He imagined a pair of hands seizing him from behind - throwing him back into the house. In his weakened state, Lucas collapsed to his knees.

And that was the last scene that he remembered before everything went black. He couldn't remember how he got out of the place. When he opened his eyes, he was in the hospital.

"Why didn't you go to the police?She could have answered for her crime,"

Cynthia asked.

"What crime?"

Lucas asked again with an expression like he really didn't know what he should have done.

"She tried to kill you, she threatened you with a knife! Besides you were intoxicated. If you had not been found, you might be dead. I think the investigator must have explained that to you. To persuade you to come forward with more info,"

Cynthia said.

"But I loved her."

"What?"

Cynthia and Alexander gaped simultaneously.

"Didn't you say you were sick of her?"

"I did, yes. But since leaving her, I cannot forget her . . . You know what I mean. She is the hottest woman I ever slept with. I went back to her place not very long after, but she was nowhere to be found. Totally disappeared. I tried to find the same feeling I had with her, but there's none like Nina. She was special, I should have recognized that. Now I know. None was ever as exquisite as her . . . ”