Chapter 23

I was dying and I had made peace with myself. I said with a smile, "I will. I forgive you." "Caroline, what happened to you?" I frowned and asked, "Hum?" "I feel that something is wrong with you." I said gently, "I am fine." "Are you at home? I am downstairs." I did not say anything. I hung up hastily and got up. I hid the painkillers scattered around the room and changed into fresh clothes. I even put on an exquisite look with makeup. During this time, I did not pick up any of the calls from Dixon. I knew that I would not be able to stop him like this because he had found out the pass-code to my home not long ago. 1227, The 27th of December. I had told him that on the day of our date. He had frowned and asked, "Why did you choose this number for your pass-code?" I had given him a perfunctory reply then, saying, "It's just a random number." There were knocking sounds on the door of my bedroom as I did my makeup. I put down my lipstick and opened the door for him. Dixon wor