26 (HER GALAXY)

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"Rather than Aobe Aum being my name, I had to pretend to be you because Metavee thought that your name was Aobe Aum. Do you have any idea how much pain I was in!"

Aobe Aum smashed the steering wheel in resentment.

"We began to drift apart and grow cold towards one another. It was because I wasn't the Aobe Aum she thought I was."

"The perky Aobe Aum that picks fights with everyone and has a face as beautiful as a portrait. Metavee kept talking about you, not me!"

"I... I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for!"

Aobe Aum screams at me uncontrollably, I understand why she's so angry.

"I'm sorry for using your name at will. I was a very bad person. I know that now."

"It's okay."

"But..."

"I don't hate you. The person I hate the most right now..."

Aobe Aum looks straight ahead. I had no idea when we had arrived at Metavee's house.

"...is the owner of this house."

When the gate opens, Metavee, who rarely comes out of the house, is standing alone on the driveway. Aobe Aum looks straight at the petite woman, full of rage. That makes me nervous.

"What are you going to do?"

"When I finally found a new love, the owner of an airline who proposed to me on his knees and said he would be with me until we were old. But Metavee called to tell him that we were still together. It made my husband go out that night to talk to her, and the accident happened.

"What..."

"Metavee is a murderer. She's the reason my husband died!"

Aobe Aum lets go of the brake and slams her foot down on the accelerator.

"I'll make her die along with my husband!"

The car speeds towards the house. And in the split second that I could still see what was happening, 1 saw Metavee raise a gun and aim straight at Aobe Aum without fearing death herself.

"Stop, Aum. Stop!!!"

Bang!

Screeeeeeeech...

Aobe Aum hits the brakes so hard that we almost fly out the front window. It's lucky that we have our
seatbelts on, so we're safe. I look down and scream before I slowly look back up. Metavee is still standing where she was. The car is only a few palm lengths away from her. There was gunfire....

I look at my twin, who has her face on the steering wheel and cries uncontrollably as she smashes the
steering wheel because she's angry with herself.

"Why can't I do it? Why? Sob."

"Aum..."

I reach my hand out in an attempt to console her, but Metavee opens the door, unbuckles my seatbelt, and pulls me out of the car.

"Are you okay, Ai?"

"I'm okay... What about you?"

We scan each other worriedly and let out a sigh of relief. I look at the gun in her hand, feeling nervous about it.

"Where did you get that from? Why do you carry a gun?"

"I thought I should have one on me. Aobe Aum is too dangerous."

Metavee stares at my twin, who slowly gets out of the car and slams the door loudly.

"You two seem to love and care about each other a lot."

"I knew you were pretending not to remember."

"We know each other well."

"Why did you hit the brakes? If you had that night, you wouldn't have fought for control of the steering wheel with your husband, causing the car to go off the road killing him."

Meetavee says this casually, as my heart shakes. This means that the petite woman was there, she was involved?

"If you hadn't show up, we would be living a happy life together right now."

"If you told me from the start that you're not the Aobe Aum I was looking for, it wouldn't have come to this... What were you thinking? You left your blind lover to marry someone else? What's your heart made of?"

"Before you ask about my heart, ask yourself, Metavee. You didn't love me at all, but you told my husband everything. How would that affect my marriage?"

"If you were clear about everything from the start, I wouldn't have to do that."

"You killed him!"

"Don't accuse me. We both know what really happened!"

Metavee responds angrily.

"You fooled me from the start. You took advantage of me until the last second, when you left me to

marry the owner of an airline. Did you think I'm stupid?" "Stupid or not, you were fooled. But why act so hurt? You're not any poorer. Think of it as my pay."

"Are you a prostitute?"

"Metavee!"

My younger twin dashes in to go at Metavee, but I stand between them because I'm worried about the gun in the petite one's hand.

"Please don't fight. If you don't love each other anymore, just let it go. Aum... It's in the past. Hurting her now isn't worth it."

"Step aside, twin. This has nothing to do with you."

Aobe Aum pushes me back, but I don't give in because I want to end this.

"Of course, I'm involved. I used your name. That's the cause of all these misunderstandings!"

I reach my hand out to grab Aobe Aum's shoulder and beg her with all my heart.

"Please let it go. It was an accident."

"I won't be the only one who loses something. She has to lose something too."

"What will you do?"

I ask my younger twin, who seems to have lost her mind. Eventually, she said something that I've always been afraid of.

"I won't let Metavee be happy. Let me tell you something... someone like Metavee can never be happy in love. Why? Because the sins she's committed in the past will make her pay in the present and future. Working as a lawyer for criminals until she goes blind. That's karma."

"What are you talking about?"

I look at my twin, confused. She suddenly talks about an unrelated topic and says that it's karma. What does she mean... Aobe Aum looks at me and laughs, as if she's feeling sorry for me because I'm clueless. Then she revealed to me.

"I'll tell you so you're no longer a fool. Metavee was the lawyer for that rich kid who drove into your friend, causing him to suffer and die like a worthless being."

"That's crazy. May is that lawyer..."

I look at Metavee in disbelief. The petite woman goes quiet and doesn't show any emotion, as if she's waiting for Aobe Aum to finish. So, my younger twin tells me everything as she smiles broadly and uses her finger to poke Metavee's chest.

"And what makes it all the more fun, Ai Aun was the one who convinced her friends to get revenge on that lawyer, causing your blindness, becoming jobless and disabled. That's your karma. That's the fate you wished for."

"That's your galaxy... Metavee."

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