All Too Late

“It was my fault, sir. Please don’t blame him,” she piped up in humiliation.

“Well, since everything’s okay, we’ll take our leave now.” In any case, the policemen knew it wasn’t their place to poke their nose into a couple’s personal affairs.

“Goodbye, sir.” Kathleen bid them farewell politely.

She only walked back after they had entered the elevator and stared at Samuel awkwardly.

There was a forced smile on his face. “Hmph.”

Kathleen approached him and muttered, “I’m sorry.”

“Thanks to you, I was questioned by the police for the first time in my life,” he commented indifferently.

Gnawing on her lip, she protested, “I assumed you had left already. The door was open, too. I thought a thief broke in.”

“You assumed?” he repeated while frowning.

“I…” Kathleen didn’t know what to say.

Thwack!

He gave her a flick to the forehead and warned, “You didn’t do too badly this time. Since you know that you shouldn’t be reckless, I’ll forgive you just this once. If this happens again, I’ll break your legs.”

As she rubbed the sore spot on her forehead, she had a pitiful and wronged expression. “Can you really blame me, though? I thought you were rushing to see Nicolette and forgot to close the door.”

That made Samuel frown.

Is she really trying to justify herself here?

“Think about it. Why do you think I chose this place as our new home?” he prompted gloomily. “The security downstairs is so tight. Do you really think a thief could get in? Why don’t you use your brain a little?”

“You can never be too cautious,” she insisted in an aggrieved manner. “You just said that I didn’t do too badly!”

Samuel let out a chilling huff. “You’re really going to make me explode from anger someday, Kathleen.”

In response to that, Kathleen puffed up her cheeks. She looked like a kicked puppy.

That night, the two of them were lying in bed.

There wasn’t much movement going on.

they weren’t talking to each other,

both

Kathleen was pregnant, she couldn’t fight

time later, Samuel’s phone

course, a ringtone played

a grim look on his face. “Got it. I’ll head

Sam?” Kathleen had woken up

downstairs gave me a call. I’m going to take a look.” His answer

as he got changed and went

his

feeling in her heart, so she put on a

got downstairs, he saw Nicolette curled up into a ball on the

was cold outside, and she was only

he called out. Samuel made his way over to her and immediately took off his

his neck while sobbing, “I’m so scared, Samuel. I’m scared of the chemotherapy tomorrow. The doctor told me that my hair

pat her on the back. “How could that be? You’ve always

Can you chat with me for a bit

take you back to the hospital.” There was no way he could let her hang

get sick with a cold or a fever, it would be disastrous for someone like her, who had

stared at someone behind him.

made him

let go of Nicolette and caught sight of Kathleen

behind the

an adult already. You should know how many people would be worried about you. Of all places, you

“That’s not what I was trying to do, Kathleen. I just

it that you feel that way? Is it mine?” Kathleen retorted. Her usually soft tone had become harsh and biting. “At least you have a father. For the three years that you were overseas, he was the one providing you with money the whole time, wasn’t he? I don’t have a

it, Kathleen,” Samuel

Samuel away, aren’t you?” she continued to accuse. There wasn’t a hint of warmth in her eyes. “Even if you manage to lure him into your arms, how long

on

fact, she doesn’t hold back with

of relationship we’re in. What are people going to think when they see you hugging another woman over here?” Kathleen pointed out

noticed the weird looks that the security

public, the security guards were aware of it. It wasn’t like they would

be hard to explain to them what was going

sighed. “Just

leave. Her petite, lonely silhouette was