Chapter 90:

XC | Played

The Rowan Tree


Tossing and turning,

I can't sleep
because my room smells of ash.

Lies.

I play back
what just happened.

Sucker.

I can almost hear
her saying that.

I bury my head
in my pillow
and groan loudly.

The clothes in her bag,

her house that turned out to be
a friend's place.

So sly! That 狐狸精!

If I was who I used to be,
I'd want revenge.

Playing me for a fool
like that...

Rowan comes to mind
and I'm paralysed.

Is this how it's going to be

from now on?

Continuously used by other people,
feeling like crap because

I can't get back at them?

#*%& lah.

I listen to the air-con unit
making noise in the dark.

Then I remember

something else

that happened.

I don't think I'll be able
to sleep at all tonight.

As soon as I get to class,
I call Ming out.

He pauses, mid-laugh
to glance at me.

I think he's thinking of
ignoring me.

Maybe there's something on my face
that changes his mind.

because he
gets up,

follows me to the end of the corridor

where I face him
and speak angrily.

'You accused me of using you.
'You said I betrayed you

'but you were the one
'using me the whole time.'

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