Before she left, Mia hadn’t just donated all her valuable belongings. She had burned the rest- the items not worth donating. She burned everything, leaving nothing behind.
It was as though she had erased herself completely, leaving no trace of her existence in his life.
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Chapter 15
As the thought crossed his mind, Nick clutched his chest, a searing pain tearing through his heart. It was so intense he could barely breathe.
“Mia, how could you be so cruel?” he murmured bitterly, a faint, broken smile on his face.” You burned everything. You didn’t even leave behind a single strand of hair.
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“Before, the house was full of traces of you. Even when you weren’t with me, I could feel presence. But now…” His voice faltered, his teeth sinking into his lower lip as he struggled to finish.
But now, there was nothing left.
Not even the comfort of objects to remind him of her.
Mia had burned it all, leaving their home of five years completely devoid of anything that belonged to her.
“Mia, you’re so heartless,” Nick whispered, his hand clutching his chest as his eyes reddened with unshed tears. “But no matter how cruel or cold you are, I can’t blame you.
Because I brought all of this upon myself.”
By now, Nick had learned about Mia’s mother’s passing.
He knew exactly what he had been doing during the darkest moments of Mia’s life, when she had lost the only family she had left.
He had brought Xena into their home. He had forced Mia to clean and prepare a room for her. To make things worse, he had made Mia drink that unbearable, agonizing concoction–all to stand up for Xena.
His actions had been nothing short of monstrous.
“Ha… ha… ha…!” Nick erupted into a fit of maniacal laughter as the memories of his past atrocities crashed over him. Tears streamed down his face as his laughter turned wild and unhinged.
“Xena right. I deserve it all!”
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