Chapter 5

On the day of Gideon and Miriam's wedding, I packed up all his things and mailed them to him. I then called Mrs. Miller. "Does your offer still stand?" She chuckled and replied, "Of course. You only need to take the money and leave for good. It'll be even better if you never come back again." Mrs. Miller soon transferred me the promised 10 million. With the money from Mrs. Miller and the five million left by Gideon that night, I boarded the plane to a foreign country. … Six months later, I received a call from Gideon when I was in a small town in Northern Ouria. He was beyond wasted as he repeated my name over and over again. "Please come back, Janice. I miss you so much." I ended the call and pretended nothing had happened. However, I suddenly received a text in the middle of the night. It read: "No. 80, Rhode Town. I'm coming to take you home." Furious, I yanked out the SIM card. I then packed up and left in the middle of the night. … Gideon lost his temper after hearing