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

a long

the heaviest blows during the incident because both of them had witnessed first-hand

of tears, but she managed to force them back when she lowered her head to check

took a change of clothes

before reaching a fair hand out to caress it softly. “Do not fear, my baby. I will protect

her disappointment, tears still fell when she recalled the fact that

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

the road, Samuel was leaning against his Maybach while puffing on a

was chain-smoking, so cigarette butts were

of dawn, but he had yet to

gripped her phone tightly as his heart

life entirely? No! I won’t allow this to

over to him. “We’ve

over,” Samuel ordered in an aloof

him, the man

done to that woman?” Samuel lifted his gaze, a distant look in

and was aware that Samuel wasn’t someone he could afford to cross, so

hand off.” Samuel

bodyguards immediately unsheathed

Samuel was being serious, the drunken man fell to his knees before Samuel while begging for

“Speak.” Samuel looked intimidating.

the road, but I didn’t do anything to her. A man saved her and brought her away as soon as I

use

dared not answer

off since he doesn’t have the guts to reply.” Samuel’s exquisite

hand!” The

You touched her with

man nearly fainted from

you’ve already made up

chopped one of his hands off

other bodyguard covered his mouth before his

a deserted place,” ordered

“Yes, Sir!”

left, dragging the drunken man away with them, while the other bodyguards stayed behind to clean