So that’s how it ends? Everyone sad and miserable? Damn man.
Hey, no murder so that’s a positive right?
Ima interpret it a different way.
There’s NO WAY that slap killed her, most likely she got knocked out. And given how the MC wasn’t arrested, nothing too serious happening to the chick adds to my interpretation.
MC went back home, left the knife, never returned and never got “frostbite” again. I’m assuming “frostbite” is a metaphor (for what exactly, idk) for a negative feeling, maybe revenge or something?
Also, I feel like the words “mama had burned away with it to” (in reference to the fever) is also meant in a metaphorical sense (or CAN be interpreted that way), like how you burn letters filled with your feelings as a sign of letting go, that’s how it prolly is— and it’s also reinforced by the “I also tossed mama away in the snow” reinforces the idea that she let go of her mommy issues
And the whole “it felt like a bird had burned to death inside my stomach” could be a metaphor/symbol for her feeling of vengeance and spite, which died out upon hearing the scammers words.
Not dating again isn’t a bad thing, especially if she recognized that the reason for her dating was not out of love, but because she wanted to feel wanted. Or maybe she realized that she became unhealthily obsessed with people she dates, so she decided that she’d never want to do that again.
Or maybe it IS her just having trust issues, but is that a bad thing? I don’t think it is. Some people are perfectly fine and happy without dating, and it’s possible she still made friends and engaged with others normally.
Frostbite is definitely a reference to something negative, so her not getting frostbite again must be a good thing, and since she never went to the North again, that kid is most likely alive. Seems like a massive W to me.
MC moved on with her life, and the other chick should be alive, maybe not happy in her marriage, but at least alive.