Chapter 11
“Not a chance. We’re done. Stop making my life hell.”
Jason turned pale, his whole body shaking.
“You really can’t forgive me? I didn’t do anything except save someone... I was just doing my duty.”
“I was wrong, I know that.”
Behind me, Ryan gestured toward a woman begging on the sidewalk, her face disfigured and missing a leg.
“See that woman over there? Isn’t she more pitiful? Why don’t you go hold her at night and find her a place to stay for the rest of her life?”
Jason’s eyes welled up, but he stayed silent.
“What’s the matter? You can’t? Isn’t she also one of your ‘citizens’? You’re such a hypocrite. Disgusting.”
“And let me guess—you’ve forgotten how your dad left your mom for some perfect little sweetheart, driving her into depression? How are you any different from him?”
“Looks like being trash is genetic.”
Jason clenched his fists and shook his head, muttering, “It’s not like that... It’s not...”
I looked toward the trees and spotted Chloe peeking out from behind one.
“Chloe Daniels, you can come out now. Clean up your mess and take your trash with you. I don’t need it cluttering up my sight.”
Chloe suddenly rushed forward and dropped to her knees in front of my wheelchair.
“Claire, please don’t blame Jason. It’s all my fault—I’m the one who shamelessly clung to him.”
“I deserved it when you took the house back and kicked me out of the hospital. It’s my own fault.”
Hearing this, Jason shot me a dark look as if I were the unreasonable one.
“Claire, it’s all my fault. How can you take it out on Chloe? There’s nothing between us anymore.”
“Come on, be reasonable. I’ll treat you right from now on. You only went after Chloe because you still care about me, right?”
Chloe nodded vigorously, her head hitting the ground twice. I smiled coldly.
“The house? I paid for it in full because Jason couldn’t afford it. The hospital bill? Charged to my card. So, tell me—what right do either of you have to hurt me and still spend my money?”
“Jason, get some dignity. We’re done!”
“You know how I am.”