The Betrayal and Redemption of Love: Lost and Found

e returned to the country, I was

ay we obtained our marriage certificates, and our w

ground, begging

was just a stand-in for

heartb

t again, pleading

ised him with a posi

acting stran

tried to hid

rollable joy became too ob

was so happy, he mumbled

ly aloof and cold Carl from grinnin

we had both been eagerly anticipating for our marriage registration.

uition told me he m

day before we verified o

t on. He was emotionally cheatin

before, now echoing in my ears af

but had a completely different, p

arty, Carl knelt

I'm s

ed me to let him go and take ca

n to kneel unless it

osing to me. Or in a winter chapel, meticulously decorated, offering me a long-prepared diam

a serious illness, and I re

arl's good friends burst th

not let us witness su

goddess we all adored in college

ad unknowingly fallen fro

us thought he was kne

but I could no longer h

, I glanced at the

given i

was suitable for a

dizzy? I only

tered through the cur

over my waist

s to see slende

ere undoubted

ran through my pupils, th

oan came fro

head and met the gaze

er

e classmate, Carl's good fr

an

hoarse, but the name h

fford to app

g myself countless time

I breathed a s

d of person do

f-mockery, and it was the first tim

arm, and a sharp intake o

mixed with a s

nigh

nigh

only to both unexp

ake sense of the situation, we

hing happened, right? I was going to the airport to

through while I wa

N

stinct, I replied

inging Cindy to stay

arms, promising that I woul

slap in the face wou

ssages kept coming

few years. I'm only worried about her health, which is

unsure if he was trying t

, "Does her return have anything

only saying, "I want to

d, "Doesn't she have family? Why

was a long pause

nished showering tha

sentence, "I'

hy he sa

een and, not wanting to leave behind sa

out of contac

indy was no longe

planned to welcome her at the

plied with a

Cindy he spoke of was

broad at eighteen, was not only not ser

after I entered the passwor

's arms, playing out a sc

nd Carl's expre

er, smiled s

ong time

was the Cindy

red. Can you help

glanced at me before hurriedly

arl heading towards

n the living room, Cindy rever

re you

owly approached me, her

take. You probably don't know, but I only mentioned o

Her biological father ha

dad was responsible f

I explained, she wo

lthood, she used this

abruptly when s

irs and was forcibly sent

from upstair

nly grabbed

it looked like I pus

ars, it was still

shed past my ear. "Who do you