The next morning, what I got was not her apology, but a voice clip sent by Arden.
In the recording, Arden said, “Calliope, I really wouldn’t do something like that. Do you trust me?”
And Calliope answered without a pause, “I know.”
Then came the sound of Arden confessing. And Calliope did not reject him.
She once clearly told me she would trust me fully, never hurt me for someone else again.
But why, when I reached the turning point of my life, did she toss me aside once more?
That recording became the last load that broke me.
I threw my phone away at once and let out a broken scream.
Many days later, I finally made up my mind to move on.
Even if others harmed me, I still had to keep living.
I wanted to repeat the year and begin again.
I never thought of quitting on myself.
But I never saw it coming. Something happened to my mom.
After I failed my application, my parents never smiled again.
My mom, nervous day after day, ran around trying to win fairness for me.
But after getting another refusal, in a haze, she was struck by a speeding car.
When I got to the hospital, she was already unconscious.
The doctor said the chance of her waking up again was extremely low.