The video Audrey left behind didn't contain a single word of blame toward him; it was filled with her apologies from beginning to end.
Between him and her, it was always him who stood high and mighty, while she was always lowly, begging for a mere pittance of love.
Gordon remembered the first time he saw Audrey. He was sitting in his car, the window halfway down, eyes downcast, indifferently watching Audrey and Lester being surrounded by a group of vagrants.
At that time, the car was stopped at a traffic light, and out of boredom, he glanced over and saw Audrey crouching on the ground, hugging her knees, a figure of misery amidst the squalid crowd.
When he saw her looking up at him, her eyes emitted a clear and bright light that seemed out of place in the dirty chaos around her. It piqued his interest, and he called out for the harassers to stop.