Chapter 32

32 YOUR CHOICE

Darling, there comes a point when you realize that some people can stay in your heart, but not in your life.

-Unknown-

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“Why does he have to crush his heart?” Blue finally spoke, she lifted her head and looked at Knox straight in the eyes. “He could spare his life and choose to not kill him.”

Even now, taking someone’s life didn’t seem to sit well with the little girl, if they had another way to handle the situation.

“Because that’s the only way to claim it,” Knox said in a calm tone, but he glanced at Blue and saw the little girl had her brows creased.

She didn’t look like an eight years old girl. How could an eight years old girl possibly handle this situation rather calmly? And how could she manage to watch the entire process without even flinching?

He understood that she had been through a lot by the time they found her, as she clearly had not even shifted for a long time. But what else had she been through to get molded into this kind of girl?

Only terrifying experiences could change one’s character so drastically. But, what kind of terrifying things had she endured? Or was it simply a trait of hers? If so, she was quite a threat then...

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“The man burst into dust,” Blue spoke again, but her eyes fixed on the road. “Did Chaos do that too?”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

“You don’t want to leave humans wondering why there is a dead body without its heart. It will stir unnecessary commotion.”

“His family will feel devastated.” Blue looked at the white cloud and then the clear blue sky gloomily. “In that case, why doesn’t Chaos stop looking for his shattered soul?”

“Because that is the only reason he is here. Moreover, those people with pieces of Chaos’ shattered soul will become an atrocious person, just like me and Chaos.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“It means, it will not be the last time he will kill someone?”

“No.”

“Poor souls,” Blue said sadly.

“Pity is only for the weak.”

Blue tilted her head and looked at Knox hard.

“Did I say something wrong?” Knox asked, sensing disapproval from the way she glared at him.

“Pity is a form of kindness,” Blue retorted. “Daddy said that.”

“And now your daddy is dead.”

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Sol entered the car and gave Lise a cup of hot tea he bought from the small convenience store nearby, while the sky out there had almost turned dark, leaving only a tinge of orange behind the horizon.

“How are you feeling now?” Sol asked, with concern evident in his voice. He had never seen Lise cry like that before.

“I am fine now, thank you...” Lise mumbled, taking the hot tea from Sol’s hands and sipped on it. Warmth immediately spread in her body and the smell made her feel a little bit relaxed...

“Do you remember when I went on vacation with my family and you cried because I didn’t tell you and just left?” Sol brought up the past and he could feel Lise relaxing with this topic, thus he continued. “I think that was the first time I saw you cry so hard.”

Lise laughed lightly when she spoke. “I sneezed on your shirt the moment you returned.”

Sol had a disgusting look on his face, “I still need to count that. I will pay that in the first chance I get.”

Lise laughed again, but then she stifled a sob. She knew that Sol only wanted to make her feel better by talking about their past.

Though he was mean to her sometimes, those memories were the best things that she had and the only way for her to forget, for a moment, about everything she would face later.

“I can’t go to see you again Sol,” Lise blurted out the moment their laughter died down after Sol reminded Lise about the scratch around his eyes that she made because she was upset.

In an instant, the atmosphere inside the car became thick, the tension was in the air when Sol questioned her.

“Why?” His jaw clenched tightly, as his grip on the steering wheel became so hard. “Is it because of the man named Gael? The debt that your father has to him?”

Lise knew that more or less Sol must have known about the debt that her family had to the McKeltars. He had done his research though he was away for so long.

“I will help you with that,” Sol said.

“No, you can’t...” Lise shook her head and put her hand on top of Sol’s. She caressed his knuckles and just realized that he had a lot of small scars there.

“I will, Lise... I...”

But the conversation between the two of them was interrupted.

At first, Sol only caught a glimpse of someone, who was approaching the car, but he didn’t think anything bad, since he didn’t see his face clearly.

Yet, when he took a second glance, the man was already beside his car, his hand raised high with a big stone in his grip.

Sol didn’t have time to think when that man slammed the stone in his hand against the window on the back seat, on Lise’s side and stretched out his hand to open the car door.

Lise was screaming in fear when she heard the sound of glass breaking, yet her heart dropped to her knees when she saw Gael behind her.

“Hi, sweety, I think you have strayed too far, so I came here to take you home,” Gael said cheerfully, but there was nothing gentle in the way he glared at Sol menacingly.

Sol immediately got out of the car and walked toward Gael, but before he could reach him, Gael had thrown a punch at his face.

It was only a mere second before Gael’s punch could create damage on his face when Sol swiftly dodged it.

“Come out honey,” Gael called to Lise. “Or else, I will blow his head out. Your choice, darling.”

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