The message
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Chapter 13 — The Message
Perpetual stared at the anonymous message for several minutes.
“Ask him what really happened between him and Amaka.”
She wanted to reply.
Who are you?
But she stopped herself.
If the person wanted to tell her the truth, why hide behind an anonymous account?
She locked her phone and walked into class.
Kachi immediately noticed that something was wrong.
“You're quiet.”
“I'm fine.”
He looked at her carefully.
“You're doing that thing again.”
“What thing?”
“Saying you're fine when you're clearly not.”
Perpetual sighed.
“Kachi, can I ask you something?”
“Anything.”
“What really happened between you and Amaka?”
Kachi became silent.
Perpetual noticed.
“You don't have to answer immediately,” she said. “But please don't lie to me.”
Kachi looked down at his desk.
“We were close,” he finally said. “Closer than friends.”
Perpetual's heart sank.
“How close?”
Kachi took a breath.
“I thought I loved her.”
Perpetual didn't say anything.
“But I was young, confused, and I didn't understand what I was feeling.”
He looked at her.
“Then we had a big misunderstanding. We stopped talking, and eventually I realized that what I felt for her wasn't the same as what I feel for you.”
Perpetual swallowed.
“So you did love her?”
“I cared about her. A lot. But what I have with you is different.”
“Different how?”
Kachi smiled softly.
“With you, I don't feel confused.”
Perpetual looked into his eyes.
“I feel like I can be myself.”
For a moment, neither of them spoke.
Then Perpetual asked quietly,
“Why didn't you tell me this before?”
“Because I was afraid you'd look at me differently.”
She nodded.
“I would've understood if you had told me.”
“I know that now.”
Suddenly, Kachi's phone buzzed.
He looked at the screen.
His expression immediately changed.
Perpetual noticed.
“Who is it?”
Kachi slowly turned the phone toward her.
It was a message from Amaka.
“You can't hide the truth forever. She deserves to know what happened that night.”
Perpetual stared at the message.
“What night?”
Kachi said nothing.
Her heart began racing.
“Kachi…”
He looked at her.
And this time, he couldn't hide it.
There really was something else.
Something he hadn't told her.
Something that happened before they ever fell in love.
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