Rebeca

I have to Go

I called him a fool, because I managed to trap him so easily. What kind of merciless magic is this?

Now I have money and everything I ever dreamed of. I have a man who kisses the ground I walk on. I got rid of my worst enemy, Lucy, after I sent her some private photos of me and Henry, along with a sum of money to make her run away. But she committed suicide—such a weak soul, foolish.

After Henry traveled for a vacation following our engagement, he promised me marriage. He was going to be away for a month.

One day, as I was walking to my shop, I saw that witch.

—“My teacher, welcome… what an absence.”

—“Hello… I see you’re happy.”

—“Yes, after the magic you taught me, I gained everything I dreamed of, and after a month…”

—“And you carry no energy of hatred?”

—“Whom should I hate?”

—“But hatred is the secret of this magic.”

—“Listen, take this magic, take this notebook. I no longer need it.”

—“Do you know that I hate jokes?”

Her gaze made my veins dry of blood. I realized that this magic was a curse upon me, not a blessing.

Rebecca—from a girl in the orphanage, to a waitress, then a p********e, then a witch… How will I rid myself of it? For the first time, I cried that day.

I felt regret, but regret was useless. I missed Lucy, our simple days, but…

—“Listen, you are now bound: either you die, or you keep this magic. And I will tell you for the second and last time—I will not see you with trivial, weak emotions again.”

She left me in the street. I felt a severe headache, and because I was ill, I decided to take a break from work.

That day I thought about my life, and I made the decision to disappear from sight. I felt afraid of falling in love with Henry, because I liked him. I feared loving my children, lest harm befall me. I had to move before his return from travel. I had to vanish.

I decided to buy an apartment in another country, and to work all my life as I had before—using my magic and my hatred to get what I want. I do not want to die. I will live with this magic, for a person must bear the price of their mistakes.

Do you think I would leave just like that? Before I left, I cast a powerful spell on Henry, and I will make him more obsessed with me, so that he will never love anyone the way he loved me. Even if he meets another woman, he will never forget my name as long as I live.