The Restoration Rival novel · Chapter 19 of 21
Chapter 19: The Long Walk Home
I walked off the stage.
Not fast. I didn't run. I put the clamp down and I walked off the side steps and down the aisle.
The audience didn't clap. Nobody said anything.
I got to the doors at the back and pushed them open.
The corridor outside was cold and the door swung shut behind me.
I got my coat out of the coat room and went out the front of the building.
The slush had frozen over. It crunched under my boots all the way down the hill.
I walked to the ring road.
I walked past the bus stop where I'd stood with my mother.
I walked past the noodle shop on Dongmen Street.
The alley with the tiled wall was still there.
I looked at it and kept walking.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–16 of The Restoration Rival are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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