“Please don’t worry, I’ll never forget your kindness.”
“I don’t care about titles or status and I won’t fight you for anything. Just let me stay by Hallie's side!”
That year, I was only in my early twenties.
At that age, being young and hot-headed, I couldn’t stand even a small insult.
I wrote a complaint letter to the school.
I wanted to reveal the dirty and improper relationship between the two of them, but reality quickly gave me a harsh lesson.
The school would never expel Hallie, their strongest professor.
Instead, to calm her down, they gave me a warning and a punishment.
Hallie even made a public statement, asking the other professors to take good care of Harrison.
“This is my student. He’s smart, hardworking and serious.”
“For my sake, I hope you’ll all go easy on him.”
“He used to be a flower farmer; he’s suffered a lot to get here.”
“Harrison may not be the best or the brightest, but in my eyes, he’s the most precious one, my biggest pride.”
Hallie even openly admitted that Harrison’s entry into this top university was all thanks to her help behind the scenes.
She knew it wasn’t right, but she didn’t care.
All she wanted was for Harrison to have a good future.
And me? What about me? What am I? A joke?
At home, I hid away, crying night after night.
As I turned over in bed, all I could see were the cruel and mocking faces of the people around me.
Meanwhile, Hallie kept taking care of her irises.
“Byron, don't you understand?"
“Your work, your name, your place, all of it comes from me.”
“Without me, you’re nothing.”
“I already told you, Harrison won’t threaten your place. Can’t you be calm and just live quietly with me?”
No.
I couldn’t stand the thought of my wife, the woman I lived with every day.
She kept thinking about another man. I wasn’t some plaything that Hallie supported.
My love and self-respect were never for sale, not even for fame or fortune.
I began shouting and yelling, losing control completely.
Driven by anger, I took wild revenge on that disgusting pair.
When Hallie gave a speech, I switched her slides with explicit photos of her and Harrison.
While they were being interviewed, I suddenly rushed in to expose their dirty affair.
I wrote many letters of complaint and recorded many videos, but what I got back was only a diagnosis of mental illness.
Hallie was far too smart.
She pushed me to the edge, then used the video of my breakdown as proof against me.