7
During Lily’s first–grade summer vacation, we were about to board a flight to Italy.
Suddenly, I received a call from a psychiatric hospital:
“Hello, is this Ms. Evelyn Smith?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know a Mr. Lucas Summers? He refuses to speak and only repeatedly mentions your name and this phone number.”
I remained silent, not knowing how to respond.
“Why is Lucas Summers in a psychiatric hospital?”
“His mental state is very poor. He keeps talking about having a child with Evelyn Smith in a past life. The police had no choice but to hand him
over to us.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t know him. I can’t help you.”
Perhaps the phone was on speaker, because after I finished speaking, Lucas’s roar suddenly came through:
“She’s lying! She’s my wife!”
There was another commotion, and it seemed Lucas had grabbed the phone:
“Evelyn, I’m sorry. I was too insecure before, afraid you’d leave me, so I said hurtful things without thinking.”
“I really know I was wrong. Can you come and take me home? I’m so scared. I don’t want to stay here. They say I’m sick, but I’m not sick at all!”
I said coldly:
“Lucas, this is your retribution.”
“Retri… bution…”
“Haha, you’re right, this is my retribution.”
“If we could crore over once more you’d definitely
abe? We woul
break up we’d got married we’d have our own child picks
“Lucas, this is your retribution.”
“Retri…bution…”
“Haha, you’re right, this is my retribution.”
“If we could start over once more, you’d definitely choose me, right? We wouldn’t break up, we’d get married, we’d have our own child, right…
I cut off his fantasy directly:
“Lucas, no matter how many times, I would never choose you again.”
“If possible, I hope we never cross paths.”
Lucas ignored me, just repeating:
“Just one more rebirth… one more rebirth…”
Suddenly, there was a loud “thud.”
Lucas had thrown the phone on the ground, followed by a nurse’s cry:
“The patient jumped out of the window!”
I hung up the phone. Adrian’s warm hand enveloped my cold fingers.
He held me in his arms, his tone as gentle as always:
“It’s all over now, Evelyn. You have me, you have Lily. We have nothing to fear.”
I breathed in his familiar scent, with Lily sleeping peacefully in my arms.
Yes, I already have everything.
In this life, Evelyn Smith only lives according to her heart.
