My One-month Marriage With Mr. Hawkins

“Alright.”

Clarence nodded solemnly.

Then, after he instructed some more things, he said goodbye to Florence and went out.

When Florence looked at the big iron door that was closed in front of her, she inexplicably felt very uneasy.

She kept feeling that something bad would happen.

“No, it won’t. Clarence has handled everything so well, he will be fine.”

Clarence soliloquized and comforted herself.

Clarence had planned the matter that he let the tramp help him a few days ago. Now, he was just going to implement it and there should not be any problem.

She just needed to wait here for Clarence to return.

Or perhaps she should make a few dishes to celebrate his successful return from the mission.

Florence thought in this way and her mind was slightly eased. She stood for a while and then turned around and went back to her room.

She fed Ernest with food.

It was rare to see Ernest being so quiet and lying there obediently. Florence pried open his mouth and sent the porridge into it little by little.

Florence spent a lot of time feeding Ernest. After it was all done, she could not help but look towards the door.

Clarence had only gone out for less than an hour. He should not be able to come back so early.

But, she felt very uneasy and was a bit panicked. She then went to do a lot of things to let the time pass more quickly.

She sometimes cleaned the house.

She sometimes talked to Ernest.

She sometimes sat quietly, stared at Ernest and depicted his face.

Time passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the sun to set in the west.

Florence looked at the sky that was about to turn dark outside the window. Even if she got more things for herself to do, she also could not stay calm anymore.

Clarence had not returned yet.

He said that if there was no accident, he would certainly come back before the dinner.

But now, the dinner time had passed.

though Florence was not willing to believe, she also had to

she walked

she was clear that she absolutely must

and got caught, nobody

done in time, he was bound to

But, what about Clarence?

apprehensive that she almost went crazy. Clarence had not returned and he might have been

situation now very much as she could not do

reddened and tears trickled down

“Ernest, if something happens to Clarence, I can’t forgive myself for the rest of my

Clarence did was to

was because

owed Clarence

at all. He was like a sleeping beauty who

tears and she felt so bad as if she was

what should she

to come and going out

knew that every second for Florence now had become

gradually turned dark as if a black curtain was pressed

extinguished the light of hope that supported people bit by

corner while quivering. She embraced her legs and could not

in the room

overcome

on the bed seemed to have been affected by this sad atmosphere.

he was apparently trying hard to wake

few seconds, his eyelids still did not open. The eyelashes returned to calmness and it

…

day, two days, three

days passed but Clarence still had not returned. Since he left, the iron door was

Florence waited in despair.

not want to admit it, she had no choice

She could only hope that Stanford

save her, Ernest and also

was pale. There were black circles below her eyes and also redness and swelling that were formed

took the medicine and

going to do the dressing change for

a gentle voice as

two days, she had been talking to him like this as if she was soliloquizing. She was trying

at all. If it was not

She took the scissors and was about to repeat

“Bang, bang, bang!”

on the iron door out of the

suddenly stopped and her body tensed