Or, she was performing for someone who
hadn’t come yet.
And then, I heard the slight sound of the lock
on the door.
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When he walked into the house, that was the
scene he saw.
The woman who was carrying his child was
lying on the floor, with a pool of blood
underneath her. I was sitting on the sofa, like
I was some kind of evil mastermind.
The woman had already scrambled to her
feet, and was reaching out to grab Jake’s
pants, “Jake… Don’t blame her, it wasn’t her
fault… I won’t bother you two anymore…”
But Jake just dodged her and walked right
over to me.
“Amy, are you alright?”
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He asked, concerned.
“Aren’t you going to go look after the woman
who’s giving you a child?”
I didn’t answer him, and just pointed at the
woman on the floor.
Jake looked in the direction I was pointing
and only then noticed that someone was there.
He was shocked.
“Her belly was totally flat yesterday. How’d it get so big?”
“Looks like she’s at least five months
pregnant. You’ve been cuckolded.”
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I couldn’t hide my smugness anymore. After
pushing away my love for him, watching this
farce was actually kind of entertaining.
“Amy.” Jake looked at me with a hurt
expression. “I’m not going to be with her,
you’re the only one who could ever do that to
me.”
“Jake… Jake…!”
The woman on the floor was calling out again.
But the miscarriage didn’t seem to have had
any effect on her.
She looked perfectly fine, just unable to move
from where she was standing.
We ignored her and continued our
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“Jake, as your sister, who grew up with you, I
need to say something seriously.”
“You’re not divorced yet. Getting with that
moron is illegal.‘
Jake sat down next to me on the sofa, and
pulled out a bouquet of flowers.
It was clear that he’d bought it in a hurry, with
a ribbon quickly tied around it.
And it was crushed again.
I felt bad for the flowers.
“Amy, here, flowers,” he said quietly.
When we started talking to each other, the
woman started talking to something again,
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whispering angrily, “What’s going on… I used
all those props… I even used the illusion
props… and the love potion… How are the
hero and heroine so strong together…?!”
We finally gave her some of our attention.
“Hey, lady,”
I smiled at her, but it seemed to scare her.
She took a few steps backward.
“What are you whispering about? Wanna
share it with us?”
“You… you can hear me?!”
She finally showed an expression like a
person who had just discovered that a gorilla
could talk and think.
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Honestly, I didn’t like that comparison. But, it
was the most accurate one I could come up
with.
Jake looked confused, like he couldn’t hear it.
He carefully pulled on my sleeve, “Amy, what
are you talking about?”
I ignored him, just staring directly at the
woman on the floor.
My annoyance was getting worse.
Maybe there were some misunderstandings
between Jake and me.
He was always quiet, and I was too scared,
too afraid to talk about it. We lacked both
communication and courage.
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But that was no excuse for this thing to come
in between us.
Honestly, being compared to this ridiculous
thing was just getting under my skin. It was
so annoying.
I stared at her, wishing she’d just disappear.
“What did you use? Illusion props? Love
potion?”
I repeated what she said.
