Chapter 9

After Ryu had said that all that stuff about toying with lives, coupled with the stuff he said the other day at the restaurant, about karma, I wasn’t in the right state of mind. I couldn’t get it out of my head. The words just kept reverberating in my mind.

How do I feel now that I was put in a similar situation?

I felt just just a bit of what Aera must have felt when they did it to her.

He should have said those stuff to the people who made Aera cry. To the people who bullied her for something that wasn’t her fault. He should have said it to the people who drove her to her death.

But... I’m one of those people.

In Ryu’s eyes, I’m an asshole but I have to be. If not, Aera’s death would be in vain. I can’t watch as they live their lives like nothing happened while Aera’s was cut short.

I stormed out to my car, peeling off my wet shirt and wearing a spare one then made my way back to my friends just to see them packing up.

“What’s goin