His Regret Is My Masterpiece
Language: en

My thin sweater was soaked through minutes ago. My knees were pressed against the freezing concrete, and a biting numbness crawled from the cracks in the pavement straight into my marrow. I gripped my phone so hard my knuckles turned a ghostly white. “Dean, please… my mother is hemorrhaging. The doctors say I have to sign the papers now, but they need the deposit, and you have the card—” My voice was shredded by the howling wind, barely a melody of desperation. There was a long, heavy silence on the other end. Then came his sharp, impatient snap. “Elena, can’t you grow up for once? Valerie…