"After that, she kept calling me a weirdo whenever we met. But I was just glad she wasn't feeling sad inside anymore." Luke smiled softly after finishing recalling the past.
Most of the days afterwards were pretty much the same and Gin found them soon after.
Ria was the one affected the most so Gin took her in while Ria refused to go unless Luke came along.
"You're making me feel like I wasted a bunch of my time ahaha." Isolde laughed.
"I am???"
"Having someone to share a past with, someone you can reflect and look back on the time you shared. I don't have someone like that. The kids I raised, the people I knew, none of them are around anymore." Isolde smiled while looking at the flickering fire.
In her pursuit of revenge, all she's been left with is loneliness and regret. Nothing more, nothing less.