Chapter 29 Origin
After calming down her tense heart, Katniss, leaning against the wall, inadvertently saw the wedding photo on the bedside table again. Katniss quietly gazed at our wedding photo, so engrossed, gradually tears welled up in her eyes. Slowly, she walked to the wedding photo, gently touching it with her hand. Perhaps reminiscing about the past, Katniss picked up her phone, took a deep breath, calmed her breathing, dialed my number slowly, and then came that abnormal phone call.
Seeing this, I finally understood the reason behind Katniss's strange tone and tears when she called me tonight. I believe that every time she thinks of me, her inner guilt will be reignited, especially when she looks at the photo of me and listens to my voice.
"Katniss, dinner's ready." Just as Katniss was on the phone with me, Nathan suddenly pushed the door open. When Katniss saw Nathan coming in, she hung up the phone nervously. At that time, when I was talking to Katniss, I was puzzled why she suddenly hung up the phone after we kissed on the phone. It turned out she was interrupted by Nathan. Perhaps when I moved the phone away from my ear to blow a kiss to Katniss through the phone, I didn't hear the sound of the door opening and Nathan's voice. Thinking about this, the truth became clear.
After hastily hanging up the phone, Katniss turned around, wiped her tears gently with her hand, and then walked out of the bedroom with Nathan. In the living room, Katniss and Nathan ate pasta quietly, without speaking to each other, only the sound of eating noodles. However, Nathan, who was eating, occasionally looked at Katniss, seeming hesitant to speak.
"Katniss, about last night, Dad is really sorry for what happened. I was drunk last night and made a mistake. Don't take it to heart, just consider it a dream. Dad won't do that again in the future." After eating for a while, Nathan suddenly put down his chopsticks and said softly to Katniss.
"Dad, what's wrong with you? I didn't blame you, didn't we talk about it last night? Don't overthink it. In fact, Kevin and I have neglected your feelings before. I didn't know how sad your life would be after Mom passed away. I don't blame you. In the future, as long as you need it, I can still help you." After hearing Nathan's words, Katniss suddenly appeared flustered, hesitated for a moment, then also put down her chopsticks and slowly persuaded Nathan.
"I thought about it a lot during the day. Since it hasn't caused more harm yet, there's still time to fix it. And just now when I went to the bedroom to call you for dinner, I saw you crying. I felt really bad in my heart. I don't want you to be hurt, really." Nathan suddenly spoke with a touch of sadness, his expression of pain and guilt deepened. Perhaps seeing Katniss crying inadvertently made Nathan somewhat sober, he thought of me, he thought of this family, so he decided to give up what happened last night and return to how things were before. Hearing this, I sitting at the computer suddenly became nervous. No, this can't happen, it would mean going back to square one, all my efforts would be in vain.
"Okay, Dad, I'll listen to you. Just let me know if you need anything in the future, okay? Don't worry too much, it's not good for your health." After hearing Nathan's heartfelt words, a hint of disappointment flashed in Katniss's eyes, but she also supported Nathan's decision, after all, she also felt sorry for me. For the two of them now, they can't have the best of both worlds, so they have to give up one for the other.
Oh no, things are starting to turn around. I can't let this go back to the beginning. I need to strike while the iron is hot and think of another way.
After dinner, the two got up to clean the table. But while washing the dishes, Katniss and Nathan competed to wash them, and in the process, their hands accidentally touched. When their hands touched, both of them trembled, looking at each other, they suddenly fell silent. After a while, in Katniss's gradually blushing face, Nathan was the first to let go of her hand, feeling awkward for a moment, he withdrew his hands tightly clasped, as if still savoring the wonderful touch of Katniss's delicate hands.
"Okay, you go wash, I'll go check on Simon." Nathan turned back to the living room, watching TV and comforting Simon. Katniss also regained her composure, hurried into the kitchen to wash the dishes. After washing the dishes, instead of going back to the bedroom to surf the internet as before, Katniss stayed in the living room, sitting next to Nathan, watching TV together. Occasionally, they would discuss the plot on TV, laughing and chatting, and the barriers that existed between them seemed to have disappeared. However, neither of them noticed that their tone and language were different from before, with a hint of ambiguity. Sometimes when Nathan teased Katniss, she would playfully hit him with her fist. Through the events of last night, their emotions had taken a step closer than before, these subtle changes were happening between them. Everything was different now.
Seeing this, I felt that things hadn't turned out too bad, at least the harvest was quite fruitful. As long as I continue to fan the flames, there might be a turning point in the situation. After all, things have already started, and there's no going back. Although Katniss and Nathan were both avoiding what happened in their hearts, it had already taken root and sprouted within them. Even if they tried to avoid it, they could never go back to how things were before, because Pandora's box had been opened, and unexpected things often happen inadvertently.
When it was time to sleep, after exchanging greetings, the two returned to their respective bedrooms. Although they were both lying in bed, tossing and turning, it seemed they hadn't completely freed themselves from the events of last night. For them, tonight might be a sleepless night.
The real-time monitoring in the footage continued, but the two remained quietly in bed, indicating that there wouldn't be any progress tonight, especially since they had already discussed things at the dinner table.
Lighting a cigarette, I fell into contemplation. Although Katniss and Nathan had developed desires for each other, I and the family had become their biggest obstacles, preventing them from taking that next step. Although I was anxious and disappointed, it was understandable. If they really disregarded everything and had a complete sexual relationship now, I would be disappointed in Katniss and Nathan, because from what I knew about them, they were both rational and family-oriented people. The timing wasn't right for them to take that final step.
At this moment, I suddenly remembered the diary entry Katniss had just written in the monitoring footage. There must be some new discoveries in it, perhaps I could find a breakthrough in Katniss's new diary entry. After confirming that Katniss had shut down her computer in the real-time monitoring, I entered the forum, opened Katniss's account. Pink Lily, Katniss's nickname remained unchanged. I didn't have the mind to look at anything else, I went straight to Katniss's profile page, found the diary entry, and eagerly clicked on it.
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