Despair, collapse, and self-loathing had erupted within her all at once on this night.
How she hated him, she wished she could make him feel the piercing pain she suffered at this moment; she wished she could expose his unspoken crush for all the world to see, so that the person he loved would flee far away from him.
Just like her, he too would end up with nothing.
But Norris Moore was innocent.
Yet, damn her, she couldn't bear to hurt him.
She could imagine shooting him straight in the heart, yet she couldn't bear to see him in pain.
Physical scars can heal, yet the scars in the mind are indelible, those are the truly fatal inflictions beyond the reach of any remedy.
She pushed away from his embrace, shaking her head with a hoarse voice, "I don't want to stay here anymore, I want to go home... I'll take a cab back by myself, don't bother seeing me off."
