"He's coming for you."
After a brief eye contact, Rutledge quickly moved his eyes away, for he felt he would lose to Victor when confronting him. Rutledge looked at Elinor. "He's for you."
Elinor looked away in a flurry. "Ignore him."
She took a few steps to check in her luggage, but someone called her name not far away.
"Elinor Borris!"
It was so ironic to hear such a name.
Every time she wanted to move forward, this name would pull her into the dark abyss again.
Elinor gritted her teeth and said, "Let's go."
Rutledge stood still, his eyes deep. "He is calling you."
"Not me."
She clenched her fingers. "I don't know Elinor Borris. My surname is Sue. He mistook someone at the airport."
A figure stumbled, with pain in his voice, till he stood in front of her, "Elinor Borris--"
Seeing the luggage at hand, Victor paused. "Will you leave?"
"You called the wrong guy."
She said, "Let go. I am not Elinor Borris."
"Why?"
He asked her, but didn't get a reply.
"Oh, you didn't accuse me." She repeated, and the smile on her face stung his eyes. "Should I thank you for your mercy? Otherwise, I'll be in jail now. And then I have no chance to argue with you here. But Victor, I'm curious about one thing. You always see me as a sinner, don't you? Why don't you take the chance and send me in jail? You actually hate me, don't you?"
He was shocked to step backward by her words. He endured the pain of his legs and went to the airport, but he found he couldn't bear it anymore, for his broken heart made him painful.
He carefully stretched out his hand to hold her again, but she slapped it away. "Enough, I'm fed up with your hypocrisy. You really wanna know the reason?"
Wanna the reason?
No... He turned afraid.
He didn't want to hear it.
"Because I lost my courage." She shivered, staring at the air. Then she pointed to her chest and poked it hard, saying, "Victor Donald, because I am afraid, because I have no strength to continue with you, because I no longer dare to get you. I was so cheap at five years old that I still pestered you though you hated me. But now, I want to leave all these behind me. I regretted it, so I wanted to escape. Why did I do those shameless things previously? I regretted it..."
She almost couldn't continue, her voice trembling. "Why was I so shameless to love you?"
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