- 7.
His words meant nothing to me.
All I saw was a monster.
I would never forget him stabbing me, ripping
away my scales, offering me to those men,
causing the death of our child.
“I hate you, Jason.”
Г
“Don’t hate me.” He embraced me, his voice
choked with anguish.
“That day… when I pushed you away… it was
all an act for Sarah. I knew I couldn’t fight her
then.”
“When I saw our second daughter… I
realized… My heart broke.” Tears streamed
down his face.
“Get away from me.” I shoved him away,
holding Lily close.
“Jason, I’ll never forget that you bought me
for thirty million dollars. You promised you’d
always take care of me.
“”
“You were the first human I ever loved. And
you gave me away to be experimented on.”
“I’ll never forgive you.”
I picked up Lily and turned towards the
ocean.
He grabbed my hand.
“Don’t leave!”
“Please, Ariel. I understand now.”
“I’ll make it up to you, I promise. I’ll make it
up to both of you.”
“Make it up to us?” I stared at him.
“The scars on my body, the scars on Lily’s
body… those are real. How can you ever
a
く
make that up to us?”
“Jason, just go. It’s over.”
I still couldn’t understand how someone could
be so blind to their own heart. How could he
have loved me and yet treated me so cruelly?
