My feet planted firmly on the spot where Naoko left me as I stared, for as long as I could remember, at the empty street she had gone through. I did not know why, but now that she was gone and far away from me, I felt like I could finally breathe again. The heavy tension and pressure that had built in my body for the whole time she was inside the house were finally freeing me. However, the doubts and suspicions I had of her were still embedded deeply in my mind.
I shifted my gaze and turned towards the direction of her house beside mine. The outside of her house was empty, and there was really nothing to see in there except the plain white walls that matched the black main door – no flowers or any decoration. Then my eyes focused on the spot where I always see the car of that man she w
