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Joanna’s messages kept co
“The anniversary of your wedding is coming up, isn’t it?”
“Guess what big day that is?”
I stared at these messages without replying, but Joanna didn’t seem to feel awkward or out of place. She just kept sharing with me.
“That day was when I first confessed my feelings to him, and it was also the day we promised to get married in the future.
“I bet he’ll give you a necklace engraved with ‘Anna & Frank; and take you to Azizam for a romantic dinner”
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Joanna seemed to know everything about Frank and me, and still, I couldn’t help but hope that it wouldn’t turn out the way she said.
The wedding anniversary came quickly, and I hadn’t seen Frank for several days.
He said every time he came home, I was already asleep, and when I was still asleep the next morning, he was already gone.
But I knew he hadn’t been coming home at all.
As usual, I finished work and walked toward the door, only to see a familiar figure standing there, holding flowers. When he saw me, he smiled and walked toward me.
My colleagues around us teased me.
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“Anna, so lucky, your husband is here to pick you up with flowers. You must have married a great guy!”
Hearing their compliments, other colleagues chimed in.
“Honey, I’m here to take you on a date,” Frank’s gentle voice rang out.
He opened the back door for me, and I was puzzled. I always sat in the passenger seat.
It was only when I got into the car that I understood what was going on.
“Anna, hello. I’m Joanna, Frank’s university alumna, Joanna’s sweet voice sounded from the back seat.
I was stunned for a moment, but quickly composed myself and greeted her.
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“Anna, sorry for taking your seat. I get motion sickness, and sitting in the back isn’t comfortable for me. I hope you don’t mind,” Joanna said, her tone apologetic.
But her eyes were filled with arrogance, like a victor flaunting her triumph.
“I don’t mind,” I said flatly.
Everything that had happened over the past few days had already taught me what I needed to know, and the small flicker of hope I still had was quickly extinguished.
The moment I saw Joanna in the car, all my hope extinguished.
Frank never explained why he brought Joanna along to celebrate our wedding anniversary.
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I didn’t ask where we were going for dinner. Along the way, I listened to the two of them reminiscing about their university days. We went to the same school, but we were in different majors, so I couldn’t really join the conversation, nor did I want to.
Perhaps sensi
my silence, Frank tried to
engage me in conversation.
“Anna, how’s work been lately?”
“It’s fine,” I replied coldly.
“Anna, what kind of work do you do?” Joanna interrupted.
“Clerical work, I answered her politely.
“That sounds easy, not busy at all, right? Unlike us engineers, we’re always tied up
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with experiments and data,” she said with a hint of pride.
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