Vol 7 Chapter 9 (2/2)

“But then you wouldn’t be happy, Bridget There’s no point in e if the person you love isn’t happy”

“You’ve never told me that you loved me Didn’t it ever occur to you to tell me?”

“I thought that would be like betraying you”

“Heh One last question What are you going to do now? What do you want, now that everything’s out in the open?”

“Your happiness”

“Specifically?”

“I’ement I’ll find a different way, one that won’t hurt you I already know you’re never going to return s”

“I see… Sweet and considerate to the end, Kenneth”

Bridget’s right hand quietly moved

Away froht

“Kenneth Seron Pigtails And everyone from our esteemed newspaper club Do you knohat I hate the most?”

No one could answer her sudden question

“Letand everything to escape this position I did all of this because—”

Her hand went into her bag And took hold of so that was always inside

“—I hate it when people make my decisions for me!”

Bridget’s scream seemed to have risen from the depths of hell

She pulled her right hand out of the bag, pushi+ng the sewing scissors in her grip into the side of the boy beside her

“No!”

Though he heard Meg’s scream, Kenneth could not react in time

“Grk!”

His fiancée, out of the blue, stabbed him

The glinting scissors tore through his jacket, shi+rt, and skin

When Bridget pulled theain, several centimeters of the blades were covered in blood

“I should have done this from the start,” she remarked dryly

There was no joy orbut simple calm

Kenneth slowly fell over the left side of the sofa A red stain slowly spread over the right side of his jacket

Bridget turned her sights on Meg

“Ah!”

“I hate you too, pigtails”

Meg’s line of sight was filled with Bridget, slowly cli over the table with the bloody scissors in her hand

Followed by Seron’s back

Bridget put all her weight into her scissors as they pierced Seron right in the stomach

But the rabbed Bridget’s arm

With his arms and his own body, Seron stopped her attack

“Da forward But he was beaten to the punch

“Hah!”

Nick swung the end of his brooet in the temple

“Ah…”

Concussed, Bridget slowly began to fall Nick held out the brooe the direction of her fall to the sofa

Only Seron was left standing A pair of scissors stuck out of his stomach

“This really hurts, but I’ it feel less painful than it actually is…” He analyzed mechanically

<hold on=”” a=”” minute,=”” sc=”” jenny=”” i’m=”” really=”” sorry,=”” but…=””>

<yeah?>

<they were=””>

<oh, that’s=”” soht?=””>

<nope i=”” mean=”” it=”” in=”” the=”” literal=”” sense=”” two=”” people=”” were=”” stabbed=”” blood=”” spilling=”” out=”” the=”” whole=”” works=””>

<ha…>

<hm?>

<what happened?!=”” is=”” sc=”” seron=”” all=”” right?=”” was=”” he=”” badly=”” hurt?=””>

<i’=”” to=”” make=”” you=”” worry,=”” newbie=”” so=”” lemme=”” calm=”” you=”” down=”” first=””>

<r-right!>

<seron wasn’t=”” lightly=”” injured,=”” but=”” the=”” wound=”” wasn’t=”” serious=”” either=”” the=”” scissors=”” pierced=”” through=”” skin=”” and=”” ans,=”” thankfully=”” he=”” ery=”” for=”” a=”” while,=”” but=”” otherwise=”” he=”” just=”” got=”” stuck=”” in=”” the=”” hospital=”” for=”” a=”” bit=””>

<thank goodness!=””>

<he did=”” good=”” out=”” there=”” if=”” seron=”” hadn’t=”” stepped=”” in,=”” ht=”” not=”” be=”” with=”” us=”” anymore=””>

<r-right! what=”” a=”” relief…=””>

< on=”” to=”” sc=”” kenneth=”” he=”” was=”” a=”” little=”” worse=”” off=”” than=”” seron,=”” but=”” there=”” was=”” no=”” organ=”” da=”” a=”” mortal=”” wound=””>

<thank goodness…=”” i=”” thought=”” my=”” heart=”” was=”” about=”” to=”” stop=””>

<that’s good=”” it’d=”” be=”” hard=”” to=”” explain=”” two=”” injuries=”” in=”” the=”” office=”” and=”” one=”” heart=”” attack=”” halfway=”” across=”” the=”” continent=””>

<yeah but=”” wasn’t=”” the=”” stabbing=”” a=”” big=”” problem?=”” they=”” didn’t=”” shut=”” down=”” the=”” club,=”” did=”” they?=””>

<thanks for=”” your=”” concern,=”” but=”” we’re=”” all=”” right=””>

<really?>

<yep the=”” stabbing=”” never=”” happened=””>

<h-how?!>

<leht=”” after=”” sc=”” bridget’s=”” outburst=”” the=”” first=”” thing=”” to=”” do=”” was=”” first=”” aid=””>

<of course!=””>

<larry’s =”” came=”” in=”” really=”” handy,=”” since=”” he=”” knew=”” a=”” lot=”” of=”” first=”” aid=”” techniques=”” he=”” checked=”” the=”” depths=”” of=”” the=”” wounds=”” before=”” laying=”” the=”” the=”” bleeding=”” with=”” handkerchief=”” both=”” sc=”” kenneth=”” and=”” seron=”” were=”” in=”” pain,=”” but=”” conscious=”” nick=”” tied=”” up=”” sc=”” bridget=”” while=”” she=”” was=”” still=”” dazed=”” looked=”” like=”” he=”” was=”” having=”” a=”” lot=”” of=”” fun=””>

<we had=”” a=”” car=”” take=”” the=”” patients=”” to=”” a=”” hospital=”” i=”” have=”” contacts=”” at=”” uards=”” were=”” nearby=”” so=”” it=”” didn’t=”” take=”” long—it=”” was=”” faster=”” than=”” calling=”” an=”” ambulance=”” we=”” went=”” out=”” the=”” back=”” door=”” to=”” avoid=”” being=”” spotted=”” larry=”” and=”” natalia=”” went=”” along=”” to=”” the=”” hospital,=”” but=”” mica=”” was=”” still=”” out=”” of=”” it=”” so=”” i=”” promised=”” to=”” contact=”” her=”” later=”” and=”” forced=”” her=”” to=”” go=”” home=””>

<i see=”” but=”” more=”” importantly…=””>

<the proble=”” the=”” situation=”” to=”” the=”” staff=””>

<yeah how=”” did=”” you=”” do=”” it?=””>

<we called=”” in=”” our=”” supervisor=”” around=”” sunset=””>

<the club=”” has=”” a=”” supervisor?=””>

<what club=”” doesn’t?=”” our=”” supervisor’s=”” a=”” teacher=”” named=”” mark=”” murdoch=”” do=”” you=”” know=”” him?=””>

<y-yes! i=”” really=”” owe=”” him=”” a=”” lot!=””>

<really? anyway,=”” we=”” forced=”” him=”” to=”” come=”” to=”” the=”” office=”” and—=””>

<did you=”” lie=”” to=”” him?=”” maybe=”” tell=”” him=”” that=”” the=”” senior-classmen=”” tripped=”” and=”” fell?=””>

<no i=”” mean,=”” ultimately=”” that’s=”” what=”” the=”” records=”” will=”” say,=”” but=”” i=”” didn’t=”” lie=”” to=”” =””>

<what?>

<i was=”” recording=”” the=”” whole=”” conversation=”” in=”” the=”” office=”” it=”” was=”” seron’s=”” idea=””>

<h-how?>

<i brought=”” in=”” another=”” recorder—my=”” dad’s—and=”” set=”” it=”” up=”” in=”” the=”” darkroom=”” i=”” put=”” the=”” microphone=”” behind=”” the=”” sofa=”” the=”” sixth-years=”” were=”” sitting=”” on=””>

<i-i remember=”” now!=”” you=”” said=”” earlier=”” that=”” you=”” were=”” using=”” your=”” uncle’s=”” recorder=”” to=”” record=”” the=”” conversation=”” under=”” the=”” tree!=””>

<that’s right=”” you’ve=”” got=”” a=”” great=”” memory,=”” newbie=””>

<in other=”” words,=”” you=”” had=”” a=”” record=”” of=”” the=”” entire=”” situation?=””>

<yep and=”” i=”” let=”” mr=”” murdoch=”” listen=”” to=”” it=”” afterwards=”” he=”” said,=”” ‘hs=”” ended=”” as=”” well=”” as=”” they=”” did!=”” clumsy=”” oafs,=”” einsworth=”” and=”” =”” for=”” the=”” same=”” pair=”” of=”” scissors=”” on=”” a=”” shelf=”” and=”” tripping=”” over=”” at=”” the=”” same=”” time?=”” tell=”” them=”” to=”” be=”” more=”” careful’=””>

<…>

<so ry=”” and=”” went=”” to=”” the=”” faculty=”” office=”” to=”” report=”” the=”” accident=”” supervisors=”” are=”” obligated=”” to=”” report=”” any=”” student=”” injuries=””>

r…sc jenny?=””>

<hm?>

<do you=”” by=”” any=”” chance=”” have=”” blackmail=”” material=”” on=”” mr=”” murdoch?=””>

<i guess=”” you=”” could=”” say=”” that=””>

<…>

<if you=”” hadn’t=”” concealed=”” the=”” truth,=”” sc=”” kenneth’s=”” feelings…his=”” deter=””>

<right we=”” didn’t=”” need=”” to=”” raise=”” a=”” fuss=”” over=”” it,=”” especially=”” since=”” our=”” victims=”” didn’t=”” want=”” to=””>

<both of=”” them,=”” i=”” see=”” sc=”” seron=”” must=”” have=”” felt=”” a=”” connection=”” with=”” sc=”” kenneth,=”” since=”” he=”” was=”” hiding=”” his=”” feelings=”” for=”” sc=”” mica=”” too=””>

r…what happened=”” to=”” sc=”” bridget?=””>

<we took=”” away=”” the=”” scissors=”” and=”” dumped=”” her=”” in=”” the=”” car=”” that=”” came=”” to=”” pick=”” her=”” up=”” apparently=”” sc=”” kenneth=”” talked=”” to=”” her=”” on=”” the=”” phone=”” later=”” on=”” dunno=”” what=”” about,=”” but=”” he=”” told=”” e=”” somehow=””>

<do you=”” really=”” think=”” he’ll=”” e?=””>

<who knows?=””>

<is that=”” all=”” you=”” have=”” to=”” say,=”” sc=”” jenny?=””>

<now that=”” he’s=”” drawn=”” the=”” line,=”” the=”” newspaper=”” club’s=”” not=”” going=”” to=”” get=”” involved=”” anyht=”” step=”” up=”” if=”” he=”” asks=”” for=”” help,=”” though=””>

<did sc=”” bridget=”” come=”” back=”” to=”” school=”” afterwards?=””>

<no but=”” i=”” haven’t=”” heard=”” anything=”” about=”” her=”” dropping=”” out,=”” either=””>

<i see…=””>

ven i=”” don’t=”” know=”” if=”” they’ll=”” e=”” to=”” break=”” up=”” in=”” the=”” end=”” or=”” if=”” sc=”” bridget=”” will=”” cos=”” their=”” battle’s=”” only=”” just=”” begun=””>

<…it all=”” sounds=”” like=”” a=”” radio=”” drah=”” the=”” story=””>

<so that’s=”” about=”” all=”” i=”” have=”” to=”” report=””>

<that really=”” was=”” so=””>

<huh? oh,=”” wait=”” right,=”” i=”” still=”” haven’t=”” told=”” you=”” about=”” the=”” big=”” thing=”” that=”” happened=””>

<you mean=”” that=”” wasn’t=”” it,=”” sc=”” jenny?=””>

<nope>

<oh, i=”” think=”” so=””>

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