“You’ve always been paranoid about me and Ulysses, haven’t you?” I let out a bitter laugh. “Well, don’t worry. You’ll never see me in your life again.”
As soon as I said it, I felt this weight lift off my chest.
Right. If staying here only brought me more pain, why not just let it all go?
I went back to packing, carefully organizing every scrap of evidence that might prove my innocence someday.
Even if it was useless now, the truth would come out eventually.
Ginger opened her mouth to say something else, but before she could, I heard Ulysses’s voice downstairs.
She immediately snapped into her sweet, doting act and ran off to greet him.
I heard her voice drifting up from the stairs.
“Darling, you’re finally back!”
Then he gently asked, “Hmm, are you tired today?”
They’re such a perfect couple. They’re really meant to be, and I, from the very beginning, have always been the outsider.
I opened my laptop and started booking my flight. My aunt had already taken care of everything, and in three days, I’d be on my way.
Once everything was packed up, I stood in the center of the rehearsal room, and for the last time, I performed that dance they all thought I plagiarized.