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The Betrayer. Side two.
"For the first time in your life, listen to what they're telling you," she pleaded, feeling her patience running out. "And for the first time in your life, don't think you're better than me," he said, looking into her eyes, followed by his typical psychopathic and cynical laugh. "To me, you're the nuisance that wants..." "You better shut up," the woman said, pointing at him angrily. "Sick, hostile..." "Disgusting, conceited old hag!" he shouted, slamming his hand on the table, causing the whole place to shake.The woman's expression shifted from anger to fear. The boy in front of her looked at her intensely, with a deep, neutral gaze. She gripped the chair she was sitting on as the boy leaned in, resting his arms on the table. His face was as disfigured as the backdrop of his smile. "Why are you afraid of me?" he whispered close to her face. "Do I seem so horrifying to you?" he asked, running his fingers across the woman's face, making her tremble. "My face is the most beautiful t
The Betrayer. Side 3.
"As much as it pains me to admit it, Will is too good to be just starting in acting," Sam said as they left the auditorium with Harry, Harrison, and his brother Tom." Unfortunately," Harry continued, "but Katherina was excellent."" Fabulous!" exclaimed Harrison. "She's very talented."" Indeed she is. Her talent is unique, alive," Tom spoke word by word from the moment they entered the auditorium until now. "Katherina... She's really good."" Absolutely," agreed his brother Harry. "We should go get some refreshments, shouldn't we?" he suggested, and everyone nodded.As they exited the auditorium, they headed towards the cafeteria, with Katherina's friends Kate and Will walking ahead of them. Will had his hand intertwined with Katherina's, and she gave him a chaste kiss, smiling. This caused Tom to avert his gaze.Sam positioned himself next to his brother, giving him a slight hug, while Harry stood on the other side." Have you talked to her yet?" Sam asked softly, and Harrison shoo
The Betrayer. What.
"Where are you going?" Nadia asked, holding a package of cookie flour in her hand as she entered Star's living room. "We're going to a work meeting at the company," Idris replied while his wife adjusted his tie. "We won't be long."Nadia nodded. "What time will Katherina arrive?" "She's almost here," Idris checked his watch. "She takes a little longer because she stops by to check the tattoo sketches with her friend Hyjin. We'll be right back." He approached Nadia and kissed her cheek, just like Clara did. "Goodbye," Clara said, bidding farewell with her husband.Nadia sighed and headed to the kitchen. She took out a bag of flour and started shaping it to make chocolate cookies, knowing that even though Katherina didn't get along with them, she liked them. Then, the doorbell rang. "What did they forget now?" she wondered, walking towards the door. She opened it and saw a guy with his hands in his pockets. "Hello," she greeted him. "What do you need?" "Hi... um, has Katherina arr
The Betrayer. Panic.
The conversation continued:"We were walking down the hallway, with me trying to catch up to him; when we arrived, Katherina was on top of that guy, Will, she kissed him and said they were... " I hadn't finished talking when Nadia smiled from ear to ear as if she had realized something. - Why are you smiling, grandma?"You called me grandma." She exclaimed softly and kissed his temple. Harrison felt like an eight-year-old boy again. "She's smiling because... I had to be the one to figure it all out!" She exclaimed and laughed. "They are so blind.""Tell me what you realized.""I won't tell you." Harrison snorted. "Don't snort at me, young man." Nadia hit him with the cloth she was using to take out the cookies and laughed."Then, tell me.""They'll figure it out on their own, you, my little smart one, will figure it out.""How... tedious." He made a gesture of what was said, and Nadia laughed. "I just need all of this to end. I'm tired of seeing Tom cry.""Let him cry. That way, he'll
The Betrayer. Look.
Tom felt his heart stop, feeling every part of his body freezing. Harrison looked at him with cookies in his mouth, and Tom glanced back for a second. Nadia looked at both of them; on one hand, she laughed at how Harrison looked with his mouth full, but on the other hand, she stopped laughing when she saw that Tom seemed to be looking for a way to escape or disappear."Hey, Auntie!" she shouted again."I'm coming, sweetie!" Nadia shouted back, hearing the sound of her things being placed somewhere in the living room. "Where to...?" She quickly took Tom by the arm, intending to go out through the back door. "You came all the way here for something, so you...""Auntie, have you seen my golden necklace? I can't find it," Katherina asked while she was in the kitchen, but she was crouching down."... What does it look like?" Nadia asked as she continued to search under the table."Well... It has a silver heart in the middle with black and red inlays," she said. "And... obviously, the rest
The Betrayer. Cry.
"Definitely not worth giving her anything," Tom said after several minutes of walking back home with Harrison. After what happened at Katherina's house, Nadia thought it would be best for them to leave. Tom seemed more downcast than ever, gazing at the street floor with his hands in his pockets.Harrison placed his arm over Tom's shoulder and gave him a half-playful hug, ruffling his black hair. "She's the one missing out," he said. Tom looked at him as if to say, "Did you really just say that?" Harrison shrugged. "Sorry... Chocolate makes me say silly things," he chuckled, taking another cookie from his pocket and stuffing it into his mouth. "Wipe that look off your face," he asked Tom."I'm tired, Harrison. Bored. Look at what I've become," Tom held the broken necklace in his hand. "If only she knew that I'm just as broken as this necklace, maybe even more," he sighed heavily, burdened with pain. "I hated how, before leaving, Will showed up, and she just jumped on him and kissed him
The Betrayer. Me.
Take it or let it go, take it or let it go. You know perfectly well that all the suffering you feel, you totally deserve it. I think you're getting the point, baby... You crossed your limits, now you're here among the streets, thinking, "Now, who will I take as my beautiful origami?""It has to be some kind of joke," he said, removing the headphones from his ears. It seemed like the song was speaking more than he thought, and that filled him up. He let out a sigh and looked at the shops that were there before reaching his home. He saw one that was open and remembered that Katherina worked there, but he never had the chance to visit. (Or maybe he just made excuses not to go.) He crossed the street carefully and, standing in front of the shop, he rang the doorbell several times. "Come on... Someone... Hello!" he said, making a gesture when a man with long hair and dark eyes appeared on the other side of the door, looking at him. The man on the other side stared at him and then called so
The Betrayer. But.
"Oh my God!" she exclaimed with concern as she saw him enter. "Tom... What happened to you?" "Nothing, Mom," he replied as his mother checked his nose. "Mom, that's enough. It doesn't hurt." "But who the hell hit you like this?" asked her father. "It doesn't matter." "What do you mean it doesn't matter?" asked Sam. "One more punch, and you won't have a nose." He just frowned. He headed towards his room, taking for granted what his parents and siblings were yelling at him. He threw himself on his bed, covering his face with his hands, taking a deep breath, thinking about the idea that Daya had given him. He was nervous, doubtful. Truth be told, if this didn't work, he would leave it all behind.That caused his heart to tighten.With one hand, he took his cellphone out of his front pocket. He saw several messages from his parents, to which he didn't respond when he had left, and his parents thought something had happened to him. He just deleted them. Afterward, he chatted a bit wit
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