Chapter 200 Death Was Her Only Relief
When Courtney woke up the next morning, the sky was already bright. A ray of sunlight poured in from the window and shone on her face. She instinctively raised her hands to cover herself for a while before sitting up.
There was a slight scraping sound coming from outside the car.
“What are you doing?” Courtney got down from the car and was astonished to see Alexander standing in front of the car’s fuel tank, fiddling with a plastic tube.
Alexander spared her a glance. “Refueling.”
A white tube connected his fuel tank to that of the car behind them, and it gurgled as the fuel was transferred.
Courtney’s car couldn’t start, and Alexander’s was out of gas, so they could only use whatever resources they had.
“Huh? I guess that works.” After understanding the mechanics of the situation, her eyes darted back and forth. “That’s not right. Last night, these two cars were far apart. Why are they so close now?”
Alexander looked at her once more. “A shepherd passed by this morning and helped me push it over.”
“Really? The locals here are so nice.”
“He charged me a thousand.”
Hearing this shut Courtney up, but she couldn’t help but frown.
Why does Alexander seem angry so early in the morning? He was so ill-tempered when he spoke to her. Did I offend him somehow?
Alexander lowered his head to adjust the tube, then wiped his hands and straightened his back. “Eldham Town is a thirty-kilometer drive from here. It’s not far, so you can have something to eat first. There are still some mooncakes and water in the car.”
thirty kilometers. We can drive there later and I’ll treat you to breakfast. Apparently, the fish
a small smile find its way onto
even consume any alcohol; perhaps the cold wind had made her
of was that
and apologize, she wasn’t going to
fuel, the two of them got back on the road
nearing the foot of the mountain, and their phones
many
all the missed calls from Cameron, Courtney felt her scalp go numb. I’m screwed. There’s an eighty percent chance that she’ll scold my
Gale had contacted her as well, she
think of what to say, he
almost couldn’t make out that the voice on the other end belonged to Gale. His voice was as hoarse
of depression?” Gale’s words cut her
ends of the phone remained deathly silent for
ask?” Courtney looked serious, but she tried to keep her
it was like she was a different person. She said that
she listened to Gale’s sporadic descriptions, Courtney felt as if she had just suffered a heavy blow. Her mind went blank for a while before
sentence was enough to answer Gale’s
had depression, and
she offered her love genuinely, but never committed herself. This was also why she dated so wildly, but never once dared to go one step further. This was the side of her that no one understood
hanging up, Courtney let out
been holding this breath for a long time, but now that it was
told Gale was, “Please take care of her for two days.
a long distance, but it
in her chair, Courtney stayed silent for a long while. “I thought that I could keep this secret to myself for
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