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Ethan tried to persuade me like crazy and told me he would be there soon.He said he would save me."Don't harm me anymore,"I drank half a bottle of beer and sat on the overpass laughing.
I didn't want to see him anymore.At least,if I died,I wouldn't have to see him.
"I really don't like Lily.Believe me,Ava.I was only with her because I thought you were having an affair with your senior.I've always loved you.Don't die..."
He kept explaining on the other end of the phone,and his voice was hoarse.My voice was very soft."I've had depression for a long time."
Ironically, it seemed that Ethan and I would soon be free of each other. A friend used to say that we had different personalities and it didn't seem like we could last long.
He was right.I should have been more cautious at that time.I still misjudged and wasted my best ten years on Ethan.
"Don't come to find me in the next life,"I said.Please don't come to find me.If there is an afterlife,let's not meet again.
"Ava?Ava!Don't scare me!"There was a splashing sound of falling."The number you have dialed is powered off..."
Just as the morning news reported, a female corpse was found under the overpass in City A...
I closed my eyes and listened to the morning news.The flight attendant brought tea and coffee and gave me a small cup."Thank you,"I smiled.
Just a few days ago, Ethan had been unusually careless and left the door unlocked, so I managed to slip out.
Then,I staged a scene of preparing to commit suicide on the overpass, a place with no surveillance cameras.
Finally,after tossing my phone into the water,I turned and walked away.I took a taxi with the cash I had on me to the house I rented.
When Ethan confined me to the house,he was in such a hurry and didn't bring many of my belongings.
My basic documents were still there,and there was also the cash I had exchanged some time ago in the drawer.
At that time, I had a premonition and decided to exchange my savings for cash.After getting a new SIM card,I bought a ticket and prepared to live in another city.
A place far away from here,where he could never find me.
Unexpectedly,a female corpse was indeed found under the overpass in City A.It was Lily. Perhaps she committed suicide out of guilt.
Next,I was about to embark on a new life.
Oh,right. I forgot to mention one thing.All of Ethan's feelings of love and hate toward me stemmed from my parents.
He believed that my parents had tried to harm his parents, leading to their death. That was not true.
I knew everything.The relationship between our two families used to be very good,and it wasn't as tense as Ethan said at all.
But when our parents went on a trip together,the car’s brakes failed.
Ethan stubbornly believed that my parents were to blame. But that wasn’t the case at all.It was just an accident, not some conspiracy.
It was just that my parents weren't so lucky and died in this accident,leaving me alone in this world.
Actually,sometimes I too felt resentful. After all, the travel plan had been proposed by Ethan's parents.
If they hadn't proposed it,this accident might not have occurred.But I knew that"if"was just an assumption.Since the thing had already happened,I should look forward.
I would continue pursuing my dream, doing the job I love,and moving forward.I would definitely improve.
