Chapter 20

It began to pour when Olivia returned to school. She sat by the window, watching the rain outside and feeling as gloomy as the pouring rain itself. She was discreet about not taking the clothes Tyler had bought her home. Instead, she left them in her school dormitory. After washing the lingerie, she hung it on the balcony. The wet, white lingerie swayed in the wind. * As Tyler drove away from the hospital, he felt annoyed. He continued driving for a while before pulling over under a tree by the street. The rain poured down, and the car windows were tightly shut. Inside the car, he sat and smoked. The smoke filled the car, and his expression remained blank amidst the silent swirls of smoke. Thoughts of the previous night unexpectedly filled his mind as he smoked. He continued to smoke, one after another, in the pouring rain, until he crushed the last cigarette in the ashtray. His life felt as trapped as the relentless downpour. While sitting by the window, Olivia contempl