After Three Years, I Finally Walked Away

Synopsis

When Brandon Murphy defended the poor transfer student, Riley Baker, for the twenty-eighth time, Grace Wright suddenly felt exhausted. Outside the police department, she looked at Brandon, his hands still covered in fresh blood, and whispered, "Let's break up." Brandon clenched his teeth and flexed his fingers. "Break up? Because I stood up for Riley?" He gave a sarcastic laugh. "You always pull this stunt. When have you ever actually gone through with it? If you're mad, go ahead and chew me out like always." Listening to Brandon's mockery, Grace stayed silent. She calmly signed the bail papers, asked the teachers to excuse both him and Riley, and even brought along the group assignment they hadn't finished. After handling all of that, Grace hailed a cab and headed back to school. The dust kicked up by the car hit Brandon in the face, and he froze. Normally, if Grace saw him hanging out with another girl, she'd be throwing a scene. Back when they first started dating, Brandon's friends would tease him. "Grace gets jealous easily. You're not going to have an easy ride with her in the future." Three years of dating Grace had proven them right. Brandon had flirted with other girls plenty of times, yet this was the first time he'd seen Grace so calm. She was so calm that she was like a completely different person.