Chapter 7
For a month, whenever I focused on my art, I would always find a quiet place, turn off my phone, avoid any information, and reject any interruptions. This time, I had cut myself off from the outside world for two days.
Tamia found me on the mountain. I was sitting by the river, sketching. She looked like she had been running for her life, and with a look of relief, she exclaimed, “Luna, I finally found you!”
Seeing her panting and clearly having come a long way, I asked in confusion, “What’s wrong, Tamia? Is there something wrong with the gallery?”
“No, no,” she replied, “it’s not the gallery. It’s Mr. Mills. Something happened to him.”
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My eyes widened in shock. I hurriedly followed Tamia down the mountain. On the way, I learned that Nevo had been in a serious car accident, and the person responsible for the hit–and–run was Fred.
My heart raced. My hands clenched tightly, and tears streamed down my face as panic filled me. Tamia continuously reassured me, “Mr. Mills is a good man, and he’ll be fine. Luna, don’t worry.”
When we reached the hospital, Nevo had just been wheeled out of the operating room. The doctor said the surgery had gone well, but whether he would wake up depended on his willpower.
I stayed by his bedside for three days, and that was when I met Nevo’s brother, Harvey, who had returned from abroad.
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WWhen he saw me, he immediatelyelyeseemed to krknow who I was. “You must bebeunana.”
I Hahadn’t expected Nevo had alreadydy intraroduced me to his family. I hurriedly notodded and said, “Yes, I’m Nevo’s girlfriériend, Lunala.”
Wherehslas aid it aloud. I realized I felt no o embaraasassment, just a profound sense of of. certaintyty.
“My brothener said, Harvey continued with a a smile, that afafter all these years, he finallylly found the perscson who saved his life.”
“Saved his life?e?‘lolooked at Harvey, confused.d.
Harvey chuckledeanahslasaid, ‘My brother is still playing this guessingngagan?e? It turns out he’s
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bebeen waiting for you to rememebabér him all alalong”
“B“Before we came to America, ouruiadadaas a bubusinessman in the UK. He took my by brother tota al client’s company, but a fire brokekeout. Thehe blaze spread rapidly, and my brothenergot sepeparated from our dad and got trappeded in a stotorage room. He called for help, but nononene hearardihim. Then, a girl about his age passeded byparans she noticed him. She called for helplp, and thaiat’s how they got him out.”
A tidal wavevefof memories rushed back to me.
I rememberedeththe yeard graduated fromm high school MMjafather’s factory was facing g difficulties, bututehenever mentioned it to me. e. When he foundhouduthiahad been accepted d to a universitytin America, he was thrilled.d. He said he had regretetted not having an education himself, buutonow the Joseph
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fafamily had a great artist.st.
ThThat day, I had gone to my father’srls compan UiUnexpectedly, a fire broke oututateter, I lelearned the fire had been set bybio anashsharks jujusbto pressure my father to repayayishisedebt oroti time.
What started as a small threat from the ledoa sha asks turned into an uncontrollable blazeze.
It wasaththat day, as my father and I ran out of o the buildilding, that I saw the boy trapped in the storagegocom, calling for help.
The storagegeroom door was locked. My y father urgegenhene to run, but I told him there re was someonenia siside.
After much effofoftorom both of us, we finally rescued the boyoy.
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I h had only suffered minor injurieses Omth daday I was discharged from the hospital fafather and stepmother had a hugegarargu I olvoverheard my stepmother saying, WWh shshould Luna go to study in America? Sh oldkehenough now to help the familyly!”
I khlevewmy stepmother had always thoug! that anyny pursuit of art was a waste of mo She alwayayisitried to persuade my fathert me just sjogło to any local university instead
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is my responsibility. I won’t let the ribbe deprived of education.””
Their arguing got louder and louder.llcdidn’t want to hear it anymore, so I slippedout of the room under some pretext.
In another room, I saw the boy who hadbeeen rescued from the storage room.
I carefully walked in. He was asleep, soll left a note for him: “Wishing you a speedy recovery, and may we meet again someday. Luna.”
Afterward, I went to Georgia. I thought that the further I was from home, the fewer troubles I would have. But in the end, my father went missing, and I reluctantly became Fred’s girlfriend just to continue my studies.
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Time passed, and I never imagined that the fire from four years ago had tightly bound Nevo and me together.
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