Chapter 178
\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 178<\/p>\n
A wave of panic crashed over Lawrence, so overwhelming he could barely breathe. For so long, he\u2019d tried to pretend this moment would never come, but now the truth was staring him down. His feet might as well have been bolted to the floor. He wanted to run. Somehow, though, all he could do was drift closer.<\/p>\n
Helen\u2019s hands were shaking as she pulled up Hannah\u2019s social media. Her voice was full of mocking laughter. \u201cYour family is so powerful, right? All that money, all that influence. Maybe you can sweep things under the rug online, maybe you can hide the worst of it, but do you really think the internet forgets? There are probably hundreds of Hannah\u2019s fans sharing stories about Bonnie just for the gossip. Want proof? I don\u2019t even have to try. I message one of them, and they practically flood me with all the so-called \u2018truth.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
She shoved her phone at Lawrence. It took a moment before he realized he was holding it, his fingers stiff and cold. Helen had only typed a single message to one person, and in return, she got a flood of files.<\/p>\n
The first few were photos. The second he saw them, Lawrence\u2019s stomach dropped. The airport. Three years ago.<\/p>\n
He saw it all laid out in those snapshots. Bonnie, her palm slapping across Hannah\u2019s face. Hannah stumbling to the floor, holding her stomach. Then Lawrence, rushing out from the lounge to carry Hannah away. At the time, Hannah was barely holding it together. She was fragile, dealing with all kinds of complications, and her head just wasn\u2019t in a safe place. Lawrence had been scared out of his mind that one more argument would push things over the edge.<\/p>\n
When he finally went back out, Bonnie was gone.<\/p>\n
He could still picture himself, standing there in that noisy, crowded airport, completely lost. Any chance at happiness seemed to fade further away each time he hesitated. He\u2019d had so many opportunities to turn back, to fix things. Every one slipped right out of his hands.<\/p>\n
If he ever pictured how Bonnie would react, he assumed she\u2019d be hurt, maybe furious\u2014maybe she\u2019d storm off and never look at him again. He never thought that, while he was busy saving someone else, Bonnie was being dragged into an airport bathroom by a group of girls. He never imagined them yanking her hair, slamming her into the sink, forcing her down, taking pictures with their phones. That they would post everything for the world to see.<\/p>\n
And now, three years later, here it was. The proof. Right in front of him.<\/p>\n
It was like someone ripped his chest open. Lawrence could barely keep standing. He made a sound he didn\u2019t even know could come from him\u2014raw and broken. The phone nearly slipped from his hand as the edges of his vision went dark, then hot red.<\/p>\n
Lawrence\u2019s voice broke in a rough, desperate cry. Tears splattered onto the screen. It wasn\u2019t just rage. It was grief. It was regret. Maybe Bonnie had been just around the corner back then, maybe she\u2019d been waiting for him\u2014all this time. Waiting for him to stand up for her. Waiting for him to set things right.<\/p>\n
And what had he done?<\/p>\n
Helen watched him fall apart, her lips curling into a bitter smile. \u201cBonnie\u2019s ear? That\u2019s how she lost her hearing. You think it just ended there? They posted those clips and photos. Called her a homewrecker. The whole university\u2019s forum blew up. The bigger you and Hannah were on campus, the nastier everyone was when you left. Bonnie\u2019s \u2018reputation\u2019 followed her everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
She scrolled through the never-ending stream of messages, past all the smug comments from so-called fans, as if it was entertainment. She ignored their nosy questions and kept searching, not missing a thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-846","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}