The senior student on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then replied in a deep voice, "Clara, is something wrong? Is there anything else I can do for you?"
I looked out at the blinding sunlight, a cold resolve creeping into my eyes. "No need, just contact a hospital for me first."
I will handle the rest myself.
Liam, Vanessa, what you owe me, what you owe Leo, I will collect it all back, bit by bit, with interest.
When Liam returned to the ward, I had just completely deleted the screenshot of the booked plane tickets, and the warmth of my fingertips still lingered on the phone screen. In three days, I would take Leo to escape this hell completely, far away from his and Vanessa's hypocrisy and cruelty. My swollen eyes still ached, traces left by the tears I couldn't hold back while looking at Leo's old photos, but he didn't even glance at my eyes out of the corner of his eye, only excitedly striding over and grabbing my wrist.