“We are lovers.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I covered my guilt with a smile. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Really?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Daniell’s eyes were clearly incredulous. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I hesitated for a moment and looked at him firmly and said, “yes. I didn’t lie to you. He is very kind to me. I’m living a good life now.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Daniell frowned and looked at me with clear eyes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He didn’t speak but I was a little guilty. I added, “I really live a very good life now.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
With that, I took my hand back and entered the subway station. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I knew the lie was like a piece of paper, which would be broken as soon as it was poked. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But I had no choice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Because Daniell was so kind to me and I didn’t deserve him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After that day Daniell seemed to be back in his hometown. I never saw him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ten days later, the first trial opened. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Marlin was in the plaintiff’s seat and I was in the defendant’s seat. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I saw Dave who was arrested by the police before. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He insisted in court that I gave him money and let him cause an accident. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Fortunately, Arthur found Dave’s previous accident. His testimony was invalid. We mentioned the family relationship and passed the first trial easily. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When Arthur and I just walked out, we met Molly who had been sitting in the auditorium. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She stood in front of me and looked at Arthur and sneered, “June, you can sleep with anyone to win the lawsuit.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Are you satirizing me instead of finding your own reasons?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I took a look at Molly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To be honest, I used to think I was happy because there was a person who looked like me in the world. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But now I only felt disgusted when I saw her. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Molly stared at Arthur and immediately looked naive, “Arthur, you have to be careful of this person. She has a lot of bad ideas.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Really?” I wanted to explain to Arthur. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He looked at Molly coldly and took a black pen out of his pocket. “I’ve recorded what you just said. If necessary, I will directly sue you for slandering Molly and damaging Molly’s personal reputation.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Molly didn’t expect Arthur to do that. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Her face turned pale! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She didn’t speak and left. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Thank you.” I looked at Arthur gratefully. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He waved the pen in his hand and smiled, “I lied to her. It’s just an ordinary pen.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
We walked out of the court. I watched Molly leave. It suddenly occurred to me that there was a time when my bag was not with me during Sherry’s hospital stay. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
That was when Molly wanted to jump. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I told Arthur about it. He recorded the time and left. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I went back to work. After work, I went home, changed my clothes and took a bath. Then I went to the hospital to see Sherry. I did design there at night. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
An hour before the end of the preliminary contest, I handed in my final draft. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
A week later, the results came out. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There was a special website for the design competition. When I searched, I found myself in 52nd place. But only the top 50 could pass the preliminary contest. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Although I was not very satisfied with my work and I knew that I may not pass the preliminary contest. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was disappointed when I saw that I was only two places behind. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was in the office. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I heard many colleagues congratulating Billie, and I found that Billie was 32nd. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I saw Billie’s ranking, she came up to me and looked at the webpage and smiled, “June, you work the hardest. A client wrote to the company that you are good at design. Why didn’t you pass the preliminary contest?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I’m not good at it.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I just said that. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I didn’t want to use my case and grandma’s illness as an excuse. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Ha ha, you really have self-knowledge.” Billie laughed and went back to her place. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After a while I received a text message from Daniell, “I saw the result of the preliminary contest. I’m sorry. I didn’t give you the right guidance and caused you to miss the semi-final.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Daniell always blamed himself even if I did it wrong. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Anyway, the design competition was over. I didn’t have to stay up late anymore. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But three days later there was a new notice. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In the top 50 candidates, two people’s designs were found to have many elements that copied the works of some famous designers. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They were disqualified from the competition. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was now in 50th place. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
One of the two disqualified people was Billie. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
People who congratulated Billie in the office were discussing it again. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I wondered why we didn’t pass but she did. It turned out that she had plagiarized.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Yes, she was complacent when we praised her.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“She won’t be complacent in the future.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I listened to those people and smiled helplessly. I picked up the bag and was ready to go out. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I had an appointment with Arthur today. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I took the car to Arthur’s law office. As soon as I got off, I saw a lot of people on the road. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I wanted to pass but I heard a familiar voice, “I didn’t hit you!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Then I heard an old lady crying, “you hit me. You drive too fast so I can’t dodge!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I stood there and took a look. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was sure it was Jack so I wanted to leave. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After all, he had a lot of money. He was not afraid of being blackmailed. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As soon as I wanted to leave, I heard him call me, “June! Come here!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Did he see me? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I turned around and saw that Jack wanted to come. The old lady held his leg and didn’t let him go. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“June, help me. Hurry up! I picked you up at the police station that day!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jack didn’t dare to kick the old lady. He just called me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He did pick me up at the police station that day. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I could only walk to him. I asked him what happened. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He was waiting for the red light. The signal light was originally red. Jack started the car when it turned green. The old lady fell in front of his car. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
She said he started the car too fast and knocked her down. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I said coldly, “call the police.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was very simple. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I wanted to take out my phone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“No!” Jack grabbed my cell phone. “Don’t call the police!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Why?” I looked at him suspiciously. “Did you really hit her?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Why was he afraid to call the police? <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Jack gave me the phone back and whispered, “this car is Sean’s. If he knew about it, he would not lend me his car in the future.” <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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