Bruce's POV
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I recalled his words clearly, ‘When… when Sophia didn’t even let me touch Caroline even when she wanted to come to me. I felt like someone was taking my heart out of my body. She kept bouncing in her arms, calling ‘dada’ and forwarding her hands toward me, but I couldn’t take her in my arms and kissed her. I guess not everything is about revenge. Hell, I couldn’t rest peacefully even after killing Ethan. I thought that after killing him, I would feel better, but I couldn’t.’
‘For a second, I can’t help but wonder, why am I doing this? And what will I get after killing everyone? Of course, not peace for sure. After killing everyone, I may return back to normal life, but then what? When I will enter my room, my wife won’t be waiting for me to share all the things that she did throughout the day, and my daughter won’t be waiting for me to play with me.’
I was brought out of my thoughts when I heard Iris speaking, “Is that Sophia?”
I looking looked in the direction she was pointing and saw Sophia standing on the edge of the bridge.
“What the fuck, is she doing there?” I asked no one but me and quickly applied the break of the car and unbuckled the seatbelt to hop out of the car. She was crying, and she obviously didn’t look in the right state of her mind.
“Sophiiiaa,” I called her name. I didn’t know if she heard me or not, but the next moment, she jumped from the bridge. “Sophiaaa” I shouted. I ran toward the place from where she jumped and didn’t see any sign of her. The flow of the river was way too much, and also the water level in the river higher than usual because of the rainy season.
I climbed on edge to jump from there when Iris grabbed my hand.
“Have you lost it? Even if you’re a great swimmer. I doubt you can survive the flow of this river in the rainy season. Because of heavy rainfall, the government has opened the dam built on the other side of the river. And don’t forget that you’re not a werewolf now.”, She reminded.
And immediately, my conversation with Sophia flashed in my mind when she was planning to do something like this before.
‘Need help?’
‘No. Thank you.’
‘Even if you’re a great swimmer. I doubt you can survive the flow of this river in the rainy season.’
‘So, I guess your plan of killing yourself is not going to flop.’
‘But I didn’t want to die.’
‘Did you say something?’
‘No’
‘You know, sometimes, talking to strangers is much easier because they don’t really judge you. Or even if they do, we don’t really care about it. So, in short, you can talk to me. I’m a good listener, you know.’
‘My boyfriend disappeared after knowing that I’m pregnant with this child. Now, I don’t know what to do next. I mean, I know what I want to do but whatever I’m thinking is next to impossible.
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#TBC