he clinic, Robert's last few words kept

erson as reserved as he was could utte

Robert said as

ed up the ice pack to apply it on me. Hi

"Will you ever be viol

right in front of me, but I di

to bully you at school with a group of mean girls, even broke your ribs an

ered my head, and my m

g I had always been avoiding,

woman gets out? Won't it harm your

world can be divided into two kinds of people, you, and the rest.

efore long, my tears soaked the area around his colla

It's a good thing I didn't put on makeup to

on't mind being your handkerchief.

I saw Robert's mother standing at the doorway. She was th

and speaking with a sharp tongue, saying that I was not worthy of

my brother pretend to be my boyfriend

lt that it was

een Robert and me. Why shoul

Acting out of pique would only

ze his mother's voice all too well. During the period right after we broke up, I couldn't fall asleep at nig

g myself to be impolite to her, for s

nlike when he left, there w

ook it casually and held it against his face for a while, th

m like he was

let you two be alone together until it's properly dealt with. He kissed the back of my hand gently. "

talking about our

nodded o

iend? I'd like to meet him sometime. I was jealous of him for almost a year." He said helplessly and could

my phone and kept him in suspense. "You'll f

ing shoes in the entryway, he exclaimed in surpris

d, "It's

our mom isn't trying to replac

mom is really satisfied with you.

Robert's smile diminished a little when

t, he had truly been jealous

ughter. My mom was still busy in the k

he three of us at

d my brother to Robert. "Let me introduce you. This is my

ed a standard s

moment, and after quite a while, he sighe

e