Divorce Anxiety

Chapter 9 Emergency Contact

“That won’t be necessary. Old Mrs. Macari is in poor health, so it would be better if you don’t tell her, lest she worry for me,” Kathleen said.

“Have you been alone throughout the years?” Gemma hung her head low as she sat beside Kathleen.

“I suppose,” Kathleen replied.

“You suppose? What does that mean?” Gemma was confused.

Kathleen smiled ruefully.

Ever since marrying Samuel, she was mostly alone even though it seemed as if they lived together.

“Kathleen, you’re quite lucky. You at least have Old Mrs. Macari.” Gemma sounded depressed. “My brother and I are different. Neither of us was of legal age. Nobody wanted to adopt the both of us together, so we were forcefully separated when adopted by different families.”

“So that was what happened.” Kathleen pulled her lips into a thin line.

“Jeez, why am I even telling you this?” Gemma’s expression reverted to its former state. “I need to go to a night shift at the hospital later on. You take care.”

“It’s fine. I’ll leave after getting some rest.” Kathleen knew she shouldn’t have met up with Gemma, for both of them had varying degrees of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Their parents’ passing had caused great hurt to their young and fragile hearts.

Because there were hurt that would never heal, these kinds of people had come to a tacit agreement to not meet up with each other.

Without meeting each other, they would never be forced to recall those painful memories.

“Kathleen!” Gemma sounded slightly exasperated, causing Kathleen to pause for a moment.

Realizing that she might have said that a little too loud, Gemma softened her tone. “It’s fine. This place is your home too. I have clean clothes in my room, so you can put them on after taking a shower. There’s still some oatmeal that I made last night in the kitchen. Have some after heating it.”

Gemma went to get changed as she spoke and was ready to leave after putting on her coat.

“Gemma, are you working in a hospital now?” asked Kathleen.

“I work as a nurse now.” Gemma didn’t look back. “Kathleen, I’ve already moved on, so it’s fine. It’s okay even if you have troubles that you can’t talk about to me. Just stay without worrying about anything else.”

left after saying

heaved a

incident because both of them

managed to force them back when she lowered her head to check the blood on

and took a change of clothes before

mirror before reaching a fair hand out to

when she recalled the fact that

my state of being. He must be all lovey-dovey

the road, Samuel was leaning against his

chain-smoking, so cigarette butts were

was almost the break of dawn, but

tightly as his heart

my life

Macari!” Tyson ran over to him. “We’ve found the drunken man who

over,” Samuel ordered in

over to him, the man was already battered and bruised all

that woman?” Samuel lifted his gaze,

that Samuel wasn’t someone

off.” Samuel didn’t

of the bodyguards immediately

man fell to his knees before Samuel while begging for mercy, “Please don’t chop my hands off!

“Speak.” Samuel looked intimidating.

I saw a beautiful woman standing beside the road, but I didn’t do anything to her. A man saved her and brought her away

you use to touch her?”

dared not answer his

doesn’t have the guts to reply.”

don’t! It’s this hand!” The drunken man raised

said, “How dare you lie? You touched her with both hands.

drunken man nearly

if you’ve already made up your

his hands off with a

mouth before his other

a deserted place,” ordered

“Yes, Sir!”

them,