Chapter 103: Go, Say Goodbye
When Arianna went out, she saw Ryan and his car parked next to a tree a few meters away. He had been waiting there. He whispered, “Miss Jenkins”. Arianna took a bow at him, turned, and left.
After returning home, Arianna received a call from Charles from another city. He asked if she had a good rest at home on the weekend because she caught a cold last time he checked when he came back.
Arianna simply explained that she went out for a trip but did not tell him that she went to the cemetery again. Last week, Charles had accompanied her to the cemetery once. She didn’t want any more misunderstanding.
Charles said, “I miss you very much. Please come over here for a few days when the weather gets warmer.”
Arianna vaguely agreed and asked him to take care. She had wanted to say, “I miss you too,” but somehow, she could not speak it out.
Arianna moved on with her life step by step as the marriage registration date appointed with Charles was getting near. Charles was well settled and ready for her to come over. Arianna packed her belongings. She discarded some and took some and asked someone to take care of the rest for her regularly.
Time and tide wait for no one. If nothing went wrong, her future would have been settled in this way. Charles returned too to pick her up as they agreed to leave for the other city.
Just a few days before she was about to leave, she actually received a call from Travis. She thought that they would no longer be in contact during the rest of their lifetime.
Travis’s voice sounded from very far away. He said he was abroad.
“I will return to the state in a few days. Can I see you when I’m back?”
Arianna said, “I am leaving soon.”
“I know. That’s why I want to see you.”
“We really have nothing to say.”
“I have a very important thing… I am not sure yet.”
“Don’t you think this is inappropriate?” Arianna hung up.
However, a few days later, Travis personally called her again, and he asked, “When are you available?” In Arianna’s impression, Travis was never so persistent.
“I am leaving the day after tomorrow. Can you tell me on the phone?”
“I will take a flight at 10 o’clock tomorrow to go to country A. I will leave for a long time this time. Maybe I will come back in a few years.”
“What about your company?”
“The company’s focus has been transferred to foreign countries long before. Before I leave, I hope to say goodbye to you in person.”
“Travis, you and I actually don’t need to say goodbye.”
“If you don’t want to meet me alone, then I’ll wait for you at the airport’s 9th hall at 8 pm tomorrow. You won’t be embarrassed by the crowd.”
“I’m not going.”
“I am waiting for you there.”
“I’m not going.”
“I’ll be waiting for you,” Travis said and then hung up.
His words were like casting a stone in the lake for Arianna.
Arianna said to herself that she would not go and would not let him mess up her life again. However, she was absent-minded, doing things for a whole day that day. When she and Charles went to the supermarket, she bought something useless and totally forgot she had planned to buy some lithium batteries. Then a phone rang in the crowd, and she was scared like hell as if a bomb was set off.
Charles smiled and asked her, “Anything you want to share with me, honey?”
“No, maybe I didn’t sleep well last night because I stayed up too late watching TV.”
Arianna was a bad liar. When Charles asked her again if she had any arrangements, she said, “An old friend is going abroad for a few years tonight. I think maybe I should go and say farewell.”
Charles said, “There’ll be a firework show in the Eastern District Park tonight. Have you forgotten?”
“Oh, let’s go see the fireworks.”
“Not a good friend for many years anymore?”
“Just an acquaintance for many years. I am not going.” Arianna said so and tried to believe she was being honest.
After they had dinner, they went to see the fireworks as planned. During dinner time, she inexplicably added ketchup to her coffee.
The car did not reach its destination for a long time. In her impression, the Eastern District Park should not be so far.
“You are on the wrong road, Charles.”
“No mistake, this is the way to the airport.”
Arianna’s face turned a little ugly, and she said, “I said I’m not going. Let’s go see the fireworks.”C0ntent © 2024 (N/ô)velDrama.Org.
Charles stepped on the throttle a little harder and said, “Go, say goodbye. Or check where you’ve left your heart.”
“I never lost my heart!” Arianna raised her voice.
Charles continued to drive forward.
“Charles, let’s go back.” She used the tone of pleading.
“One hour ago, my driving direction was wrong. You haven’t discovered it until now. Are you really not going?”
They arrived at the airport anyway. Charles untied her seat belt, got off the car and opened the door for her, and then pulled her out of the car.
After saying this, Charles quickly drove away.
Arianna could only walk into the airport hall now. Hall 9 was a VIP sector. Arianna told at the counter that she was looking for someone. The crew checked her certificates and let her pass.
She got to the location at 8:30 pm, and she saw no one in Hall 9. She sat down on the couch and watched the TV screen. It was a talent show on the screen. Some defeated players were leaving, hugging and crying with others.
Arianna wanted to leave the hall, but her feet were extremely heavy, her body soft and sweaty. She thought maybe she was sick, and she should leave after taking a rest.
While waiting, she even used her mobile phone to vote for the players on the talent show. She hated such a TV program, but the tension between the players and the fans effectively alleviated her nervousness.
Passengers were moving in and out of the main lobby. She was waiting alone in Hall 9, only a door away from them. The time soon reached 9:45 pm. She started to think Travis would not come because he would not catch up with his flight at this time.