I had already learned about all the things that had happened recently. For example, after I fainted, Yoel exposed the painting Rosa had stolen, and it destroyed her reputation. He didn’t take back the art gallery and all the paintings and jewelry he had given to her. Instead, he burned everything to the ground.
As the flames burned, he said with a smile, “You’ve messed with a devil, Rosa. No one else will donate their kidneys to you now, so you should just wait for your death in pain. You’re the one who has fallen from grace.”
Since he had committed multiple crimes, Yoel was sentenced to a heavy punishment. I didn’t visit him, and I used the assets he left me to start a foundation. I hoped they could help people who needed the money more. In a way, I had helped Yoel pay for what he had done.
Then, I bought myself tickets for a boat ride and started my journey to explore the world. I opened the letter that had already turned yellow, and the handwriting on the paper had faded away a little. That was the letter that Yoel had written when he was 13 years old.
“Mr. and Mrs. Allen left us suddenly, and I have to take good care of Felicity. I can’t make her cry in sadness ever again.”
At the end of the letter was a sentence that was written recently. “I didn’t expect to be the one who had hurt you the most. I’m sorry. I love you.”
Suddenly, someone passed me a tissue and asked, “Ma’am… Are you alright?”
That was when I realized I was already crying nonstop, and the words on the letter had smudged. I would never love Yoel again, but I would never forget about him too.
He was the man who had been in my life for 28 years. Ever since we were young, I had already fallen deeply in love with him. Unfortunately, we had never loved each other at the same time before. When his love finally came, my heart had a
