Find The Most Beautiful Version of YourselfChapter 1
The mountainside had collapsed, and my boyfriend, who was out sketching, was missing.
I joined the rescue team, and we dug for three days and nights. Completely exhausted and on the brink of collapse, I finally passed out.
The next day, when I woke up, I found a post from him on his dream lover's social media.
“I was so scared after seeing the news, but I’m so glad to have you by my side!”
In the photo, he was blissfully enjoying life, admiring his dream lover's radiant beauty.
I glanced at my own arm in a cast and silently typed a reply.
“Some people are just so pretentious!”
“And if the dog licked you, don’t forget to get a rabies shot!”
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The day after I woke up in the hospital, my boyfriend, Scott Carter, finally remembered to call me back.
He had been missing since he went out sketching, and his destination had experienced a landslide.
I couldn't reach him and had gone into a frenzy, calling and texting him non-stop. Eventually, I led a rescue team, doing everything I could to find him.
During that time, I’d sent him updates about my own situation.
I expected at least some words of comfort from him.
But when he called me, I could hear his anger and frustration through the phone.
The day after I woke up in the hospital, my boyfriend, Scott Carter, finally remembered to call me back. He had been missing since he went out sketching, and his destination had experienced a landslide. I couldn't reach him and had gone into a frenzy, calling and texting him non-stop. Eventually, I personally led a rescue team, doing everything I could to find him.
During that time, I’d sent him updates about my own situation. I expected at least some words of comfort from him. But when he spoke, I could hear his anger and frustration through the phone.
“Lillian, why are you cursing people on social media?”
“Hannah is a college friend of mine. She just asked me to help with a portrait, and you’re going off on her like that?”
“You’ve got such a dirty mind that you see everything as filthy!”
“Get it together and apologize to Hannah!”
Not a word about how I’d been during those three days of rescue.
“Scott, I was injured during the rescue…”
Before I could finish, he cut me off.
“You only went on this rescue mission because you’re bored. It’s good you got hurt. Maybe it’ll keep you from shadowing me all the time and giving me no space!”