Chapter 9

It was too late that night, and it was raining heavily. There were no witnesses to be found.

That's why the hit-and-run driver was never caught.

And I understood why Hudson had become the way he was.

I understood why every time he had a manic episode, he said it was because of me.

Because that fateful night was my birthday.

That evening, he had rushed back from out of town to celebrate my birthday with me.

Because it was so late and raining, with limited visibility, his mind went blank after he hit someone.

At that moment, he was terrified and desperately wanted to distance himself from the victim.

But because of his fleeing the scene, the victim didn't receive timely help and died on the spot from excessive blood loss.

This made the circumstances particularly egregious.

He felt immense internal pressure, fearing the day when the truth would come out.

So he lived in constant anxiety, which finally triggered his manic episodes.