But he used the money to calm me down. To me, 333 dollars was a great humiliation.
I couldn't help but laugh. It turned out that people would laugh out loud when they were extremely disappointed.
I returned the money to his account. My heart seemed to have been hollowed out. My thoughts drifted far away.
Not long ago, he saw Monica, who had just moved into my dorm, during our usual video call.
At that moment, his eyes lit up. He hung up the video call and sent me a few messages.
"Daisy, who is the girl who just walked past you? She is so beautiful."
"You're not kind. Why don't you introduce such a beautiful girl to me?"
I read his messages in a daze. I typed mechanically, "She's my classmate, Monica Keith. She had a conflict with her former roommate and moved in this semester."
He replied like he was joking, "I want all her contact information right now."
I suddenly felt my hands and feet go cold and stiff. I couldn't type a single word.
I didn't tell him Monica's contact information, but he, who had graduated from this university, contacted Monica through his junior.
No one could stop him from doing what he wanted to do.
During that time, I lost contact with Spencer. He, who was busy talking to Monica on the phone, had no time to care about me.
The dorm became my purgatory. They said love words ambiguously day and night. Each word of their conversations tortured me.
They sighed that they should have met each other earlier. Getting along very well, they often talked late at night.
I tossed and turned and looked at the dark ceiling. I felt nauseous. Since I couldn't fall asleep, I decided to get out of bed to study.
When I turned on the lamp, Monica sobbed. She put on her clothes, got out of bed, and walked out of the dormitory.
The door was half-closed, and her cry came from the corridor.
"I don't know how I offended her. She turned on the lights in the middle of the night to study without considering that others in the dormitory had to rest. I couldn't fall asleep with the light on."
"Spencer, why did you befriend Daisy? Don't you think she is as lifeless as a robot? She is silent every day. The only thing she knows is how to study."