Chapter 4
Benjamin didn’t call me again, even when I returned to Riverton City after the abortion. He seemed to think I’d only said those words in a fit of rage.
I saw that he’d updated his social media with several posts they showed him taking fennifer to fry on a wedding gown, taking wedding photos, and picking out wedding gifi….
1 ignored them and headed to the TV station. Then, I applied to join a geological exploration and research team that was heading to the South Isles.
At the same time, I submitted the documents the old settlement’s village head had secretly stuffed in my bag to the TV station. He’d put the things in my bag when taking me to the hospital.
All my love for Benjamin disappeared upon learning the truth behind the severity of the earthquake. I only felt disgust for him now.
Once I was done with what I needed to do, I returned to the apartment I’d gotten after graduating. Then, I packed. all the cheap gifts Benjamin had gotten me over the past 15 years.
I included a pen drive containing the information on the correctional facility that I’d gathered over the years and the divorce agreement. I had everything couriered to the wedding venue.
Hector had been young when being sent to the correctional facility, and he’d gotten PTSD after being tormented He’d forgotten about everything that had happened there.
I hadn’t dared to say much on the subject over the years because I was worried about agitating him. In hindsight, it didn’t matter at all.
Before boarding my flight, I blocked Benjamin and Hector everywhere. Then, I removed my SIM card and threw it
away.
From this moment on, I would no longer have anything to do with my past.
Benjamin was at the wedding venue. For some reason, he felt uneasy. Perhaps it was because of Jennifer’s illness —she had late–stage lung cancer.
He felt like he was suffocating whenever he thought about how someone as pure and kind as her would soon die from such an illness.
More than once, he’d wondered why I wasn’t the one who was cursed with cancer. I was evil, and the world would only be better off with my death.
Hector shared his thoughts. He’d said more than once, “Jennifer is such a wonderful woman. Samantha’s the one who should be dying!”
