Chapter 124

[Of course, being alone didn’t solve the problem. I knew that. I just needed time to escape.]

The silence in the room as people watched the screen was unusual. They, too, had experienced moments like that, and it resonated with them.

Because that’s life.

We all know that it’s impossible to be happy every moment.

[I asked myself if it was natural for people to not believe I had changed, considering that my past wouldn’t simply disappear.]

I stared at my image on the screen.

It felt strange, a bit embarrassing, to see myself like that, but I was grateful for the darkness that could hide my flushed face.@@novelbin@@

[I wondered what kind of life I should lead moving forward.]

This felt entirely different from watching a play or a scenic recording.

Because this time, I had poured my entire self into it.

‘How much I had to restrain my emotions to avoid seeming vulnerable.’

Even though I was the one who recorded it, watching myself speak brought a lump to my throat.

Though I had started telling my story to persuade, none of it was a lie.

[We were all caught in the same web, constantly judging others and being judged in return, forced to wonder every moment who we truly were. We couldn’t blame anyone easily because we were all in the same place.]

I had been careful not to shift all the blame onto the people watching. While I wanted to evoke sympathy and perhaps guilt, I didn’t want to make them uncomfortable.

That would go against my intention entirely.

[So I found a way to spend my time alone at home…]

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