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Beckett (Epilogue)
Cora just disappeared from my life like that.
All the things in the house were gone, and she didn’t even leave a single word for me.
Oh, if you say there was something, there was.
It was those few strokes on the calendar in the room.
Only now do I know.
Those weren’t her recording the days since I submitted our marriage license application, but the days until she would leave.
Later I found out that on the very day I submitted the application, Cora had already gone to take it back.
She even neatly placed the betrothal money from my family in the drawer.
It was three days later when her parents came to our house with my parents.
That’s when I learned that Cora had been so bothered by Vivian.
But why couldn’t she give me one last chance?
Cora said Vivian was faking illness, how could I not know that?
So I thought, after Vivian was discharged this time, I would definitely not contact her again.
I wouldn’t upset Cora for her sake.
But she didn’t even give me this chance, leaving so decisively.
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I begged her parents not to break off the engagement.
I would definitely, definitely make Cora change her mind.
But her parents just shook their heads, looking at me disappointedly before leaving.
I sat blankly in the place where she had once lived.
Her presence used to be here.
I unconsciously opened the closet where she used to keep her bedding, only to find that the things inside were also gone.
That’s when I collapsed to the ground.
So, she had really been thinking about how to leave me for a long time.
I belatedly realized.
Later, Vivian suddenly came to me.
She said she had been reported and expelled from school.
I silently looked at her, not saying a word.
She begged me, asking if I could help her, if I could take her in temporarily.
I silently pushed her away.
How could that be possible? My Cora left because of her.
If I had any more involvement with her, even the slightest, then in this lifetime, Cora and I would have no chance.
Vivian wasn’t willing to give up. She knew Cora had left.
She started pestering me here, but I was soo transferred.
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If I had any more involvement with ner, even the slightest, then in this lifetime, Cora and I
would have no chance.
Vivian wasn’t willing to give up. She knew Cora had left.
She started pestering me here, but I was soon transferred.
Cora was no longer here, there was no point in me staying.
I still remember when I was young, my parents once took me to visit a family.
A little girl always followed me around.
She liked to follow behind me listening to my stories, liked to laugh and throw herself into
my arms.
Later she grew up.
Someone came to introduce me to a potential match.
I really wasn’t interested at first.
But when I heard the other person’s name, I inexplicably agreed.
Later, our relationship progressed very smoothly.
She became my fiancée.
But now.
Everything has become nothing.
After being transferred to the southern military region, I wrote her letters, but she never replied to a single one.
I once secretly went to see her.
She had grown taller, her hair was longer, and she was even more beautiful than before, with several good friends around her.
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But I didn’t dare let her see me.
Later, she was finally about to graduate from university.
I secretly bought a house, thinking that if she agreed to forgive me, I would propose
immediately.
I looked forward to it for a long time. I rushed over with a bouquet of roses.
But what I saw was another man standing beside her.
Later, I heard that she got married right after graduating from university and had a
daughter.
I also heard that she made a lot of money from stocks.
And after that, I just wasted away my life.
On my deathbed, I seemed to see a different life of mine.
I saw that I married Cora.
I saw that we had our own child.
But I also saw Vivian again.
I saw that in middle age, I was finally moved by Vivian and tacitly agreed to her adopting a child.
Agreed to her child calling me dad.
And agreed that from then on, she would follow that version of me.
But wait, what else did I see?
I saw that Vivian actually said those horrible things at Cora’s bedside,
I reached out, wanting to stop it, but couldn’t no matter what.
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I also heard that she made a lot of money from stocks.
And after that, I just wasted away my life.
On my deathbed, I seemed to see a different life of mine.
I saw that I married Cora.
I saw that we had our own child.
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But I also saw Vivian again.
I saw that in middle age, I was finally moved by Vivian and tacitly agreed to her adopting
a child.
Agreed to her child calling me dad.
And agreed that from then on, she would follow that version of me.
But wait, what else did I see?
I saw that Vivian actually said those horrible things at Cora’s bedside.
I reached out, wanting to stop it, but couldn’t no matter what.
Amidst a series of “beep beep” sounds, I suddenly woke up, feeling dizzy.
I saw Cora coming out of the marriage registration office, throwing a piece of paper into
the trash can.
My heart ached, and I chased after her.
I thought, I must be able to change my life this time, right?
The “beep beep” sound continued.
(The End)
