As the little girl looked at the stinking, foul-smelling water in disgust, my twin sister ran towards her and slapped Miriam hard, causing the little girl stumbling to the ground.
“I don’t care what curse or bad luck you have. You can’t treat someone who looks like me like that. Ouch! Did you punch me, you freak? Do you know how much that face costs? Argh!”
Without saying much, Miriam swung her fist and landed a punch on Get’s chin. She then took the chance to turn Get around, straddling her and holding her neck in frustration. The self-defense skills she had learned seemed almost useless in this chaotic fight, random movements seemed to work better than any practiced sequence.
“If you stick your nose where it doesn’t belong, people will fight! Since you want to get involved so badly, I’ll give you a taste!”
Miriam didn’t just strangle Get; She grabbed a handful of dirt nearby and threw it at Get’s face, making her cough and choke. By this time, the people in the store had come out to witness the chaotic scene of two women slapping and insulting each other.
My friends and I were shocked, frozen at first, but when we regained our senses, we rushed to separate them. However, it seemed almost impossible, stopping people so angry was like trying to restrain wild animals in heat.
"I’m going to kill you!"
"As if I would let you kill me without a fight!"
Miriam raises her leg to kick, but her friends pulled her back. Get tried to attack, but I held her back, slapping her hard on the back.
"Ouch! Why are you hitting me?"
"Control yourself! You know why Miriam acted like this."
"After everything she did to me, you’re still defending her? Ouch!"
This time, a rock from Miriam’s hand flew and hit Get right in the forehead with a loud crack. Blood begin to slowly flow from the impact site, and it's clear that the skin had been broken.
"Serves you right!"
"She did all this to me, and you still won't let me go after her? I'll kill her!"
"Enough!"
I pushed Get aside and went straight to Miriam, slapping her across the face hard enough to turn heads. Miriam's head snapped to the side in shock, and she stared at me with wide eyes.
"Did you slapped me?"
"Consider this even for the slap you gave Get. I apologize for causing trouble... From now on, you won't see me anymore. We'll go our separate ways."
"..."
"May you and I find happiness."
I speak painfully because the feeling inside me far from anything close to happiness, it's something I couldn't even measure. I looked at Oa and Jupjang, giving them a weak, empty smile.
"Sorry for ruining the party. We're leaving."
I turned and walked toward my sister, who is standing there pouting, holding her forehead as we prepared to get in the car. But as soon as I opened the door, Miriam called after me, unwilling to let it go.
"I won't let you be happy!"
Her words didn't make me respond. I just got in the car and Get drove away. I spent the entire drive sobbing uncontrollably, feeling helpless and like my heart was going to break.
"I slapped her."
I mumbled, looking down at my hand as Get drove us to the hospital, pressing her own wound.
