“And those eye protection things on your desk, too.
“Your shirts and other clothes were all ironed by her,” she said.
Dexter suddenly remembered a long time ago, when he came home drunk and saw me poking my head out timidly from my room, looking at him. At that time, I had just entered middle school, and he was constantly busy with work.
What did he do back then?
He tried hard to recall.
“If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have been so exhausted. I hate you, Caroline.”
He saw tears welling up in my eyes and felt a sense of satisfaction, followed by a hint of remorse.
I slowly retreated.
He returned to his room and saw a cup of sobering soup on the desk.
It was heartwarming.
At that moment, Lana came bouncing over ånd hugged his neck.
“Dexter, you’re back! Are you tired?” she exclaimed.
“Yeah. Thanks for preparing the sobering soup, Lana, Dexter replied.
Dexter could no longer bear it.
Tremendous pain struck him, and he clenched his heart.
Is there any way to see Caroline again, no matter the cost?” He wondered.
A sudden idea came to him, and he swallowed a large dose of sleeping pills.
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Chapter 27 Recalling the Past
Then he saw me floating in mid–air.
