Chapter 10

The private detective Raymond hired informed him that Tiffany had indeed also been at the scene of the fire, and she had even suffered burns from the incident. He began to waver, especially after he heard that she had gotten "depressed" and was "expelled from her university." All these experiences where she had been "victimized" stirred a raging sense of protectiveness in him, and his guilt and sense of responsibility eventually mixed into a sort of obsession. Soon after that, many scandalous rumors about Samantha began to circulate. They called her a scheming slut who would do anything to get what she wanted, even sleep with men. Bit by bit, his belief and trust in her started to fall apart. Then came the day Samantha once again tried to seduce him while wearing nothing but her underwear. In that moment, Raymond realized he had misjudged the person he thought he loved. The woman he loved should've been innocent and pure. Nonetheless, for some reason, he still found himself unable