After thinking for a long time, she finally remembered who Silentstorm was—an online friend she had chatted with years ago but hadn’t spoken to in a long time.
These messages weren’t sent by her.
She hugged her head with both hands, resting her forehead on her knees, her nose feeling sour and wanting to cry, but she couldn’t.
The strange man beside her woke up and asked, “Are you okay?”
Am I okay? How could she be okay?
She got up, put on her clothes, grabbed her phone and bag, and walked towards the door. The man saw this, suddenly threw off the blanket, took a few big steps over, and grabbed her hand, still only wrapped in a towel.
“Where are you going?”
She pulled her hand away from him, lowered her head, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. “I’m really sorry about what happened last night. Those messages weren’t sent by me. I don’t know why things turned out this way. I’m really confused right now. I’m truly sorry.”
“I don’t need your apology.”
She looked up at him. He was frowning, staring at her. Besides saying sorry, she really didn’t know what else to say. She walked around him towards the door, and she heard him say from behind, “I’m willing to take responsibility.”
She didn’t answer and opened the door to leave.
She took a taxi to school. Everything that had happened yesterday was too strange. She had clearly been with Ava, but why was there a man in her room? And if those messages weren’t sent by her, then they must have been sent by Ava. Thinking back to Ava’s odd behavior last night, she suspected she had most likely been drugged. The only person who could have drugged her was Ava, but she couldn’t believe that her best friend would do such a thing.
Her best friend, the one who supported her during her difficult times. She couldn’t believe she would do this to her.
She urgently needed to find her and ask her clearly.
At this time, Ava should be in her dorm. To get to Ava’s dorm, she had to pass through a pond. The pond was quiet, occasionally crossed by students. As she approached the pond, Thelma saw two familiar figures from a distance on the opposite side.
Seeing these two, Thelma felt as if she had been struck by lightning. At that moment, by the tranquil pond, as the gentle breeze rustled the leaves, her best friend Ava suddenly hugged her boyfriend, Eric, from behind.
There were only the three of them by the pond, and a student sitting far away reading, who did not notice her. She heard Ava anxiously say, “Why are you doing this to me? What do I mean to you? Just because you say it’s over, it’s over? Yes, Thelma’s voice is ruined now, she needs you, but what about me? I need you too!”
Eric forcefully pried her hands away, his face stern as he said, “Stop making a scene. I will never leave Thelma like this.”
“If you won’t leave her, then what about me? What do I mean to you? Just a bed partner? Because Thelma doesn’t want to sleep with you, and I do, you come to me when you want someone to sleep with, and now that she needs you, you just kick me aside? Why is it always me who has to sacrifice?!”
“Enough!” Eric shouted sharply.
Thelma, hearing all this, was completely stunned. Just moments ago in the car, she had been thinking about how painful everything that happened last night was. She had repeatedly asked herself how she would face Eric in the future, but she never expected to hear this in an instant.
A bed partner? He and Ava actually…
Thelma quickly walked over, and only then did the arguing pair notice her. When Eric saw her, it was as if he had been struck by lightning, his body stiffening, unable to react for a long time. Ava, however, showed no change in expression, as if Thelma’s arrival was something she had anticipated.
Ava suddenly sneered and pointed at Thelma, saying, “Do you know where she was last night? She got drunk and called an old man to keep her company. You’re here loving her to death, unable to leave her, while she spent the night with an old man.”
Ava’s face was full of mockery, her gaze towards Thelma was so cold, even filled with a kind of hatred. Thelma could hardly believe that Ava would ever look at her like this.
She felt that the girl in front of her was so unfamiliar.
It was indeed her, it was indeed her. Last night, it was indeed her who drugged her, it was indeed her who called Silentstorm over.
Thelma clenched her fists. For a moment, she wanted to rush over and grab her by the neck, demanding to know why she did this! Her best friend, why would she drug her, why would she stab her in the back?
And Eric, her boyfriend, the one who promised to always be by her side, why would he betray her?!
