Live Up to My Yearing Chapter 8
Chapter 8: Choices I knocked on the study door. Asher was wearing his rimless glasses. His gentle demeanor was gone, replaced by a chilling coldness. I stared at him for a moment, a sudden realization dawning on me. I always thought Asher was gentle, rigid, predictable. Maybe I was wrong. く “Asher, let me see your phone.” He paused, then handed it to me. My fingerprint unlocked it. A faint smell of cigarettes clung to the frame. Asher had erased everything. Except for one picture in his photo album. A picture of me. Jake and I were still poor back then. He’d broken his leg, and I was carrying him to the hospital. My white Converse were yellowed and stained. My jeans were ripped, my hair in a ponytail. It was a heartbreaking image. Just like Lily the day she appeared before me. Before I left the city, I’d had someone…