Sweet Divorce

“Mr. Wilson!”

Rita was still feeling embarrassed when Mrs. Davis opened the door anxiously.

Mrs. Davis was too anxious to find something went wrong between Rita and Liam. She said in a hoarse voice, “Jim is badly ill now.”

Rita and Liam were stunned. Then the atmosphere crackled with tension.

Rita said with a heavy heart, “He looked well yesterday when he came to the hospital. Why would he fall ill suddenly?”

“Jim kept coughing blood a week ago. But he didn’t allow me to tell you. He worried about Rita, so he managed to come to visit Rita. But he collapsed after he came home. Now he can’t even get up.”

Tear misted Rita’s eyes when she heard Mrs. Davis explaining in a choked voice.

She held back her tears and looked at the calendar next to her. Then she found it was September now.

If she was right, in her previous life, it was in September that Jim…

Suddenly, tears welled up in Rita’s eyes. “Liam, take me to the wheelchair. I want to come home and see Jim right now.”

Liam kept silent.

“Liam?” After a while, Liam still did not reply, so Rita turned and looked at him.

Liam paused for a few seconds and then lifted his eyes, “You are injured. You can’t move around too much.”

“It doesn’t matter, I…”

“If things are going badly, I will send someone to pick you up.” Liam interrupted her and then walked out.

Staring at him, Rita was unnerved with her eyes filling with tears, “Liam, Liam!”

But he did not pause even though she shouted in a cracked voice.

She could do nothing but watch him closing the door. Rita was angered. She tried to struggle out of the bed and catch him. But the pain locked her into immobility. Then she fell to the bed exhaustedly.

“You jerk! Liam, I want to see Jim! Jim…”

She shouted with anger at first. But then she began to sob.

Jim,

“Rita, Jim will feel sadder if he sees you crying like that. Liam will take you come home when you get

a long time

to avoid some disasters because she was reborn and she knew what would happen. But

to accept it if he

at the date on the calendar with mixed

to have a clean break with Liam, but now she hoped time

trouble. He would protect her if she was bullied. Moreover, he cared about her

but she

Mrs. Davis, “It’s time to put on the ointment. Help me, please. The doctor says I should put it on the sore skin more often so as to reduce the swelling.” Then she could get out of the bed and come to

from Wilson’s house by Liam, so she did not see Jim for

time, it must

two days, so Rita

and asked, “How

did.

replied briefly. Then a smile hovered on

“Rita.”

“What?”

Davis said you did

“I’m not hungry.”

hungry

He would come to the

should arrive now.

to say something when his sound came through the

meantime, the door was

came

and then lifted her head, “Please help me throw away

when she

dumbfounded, Oliver held her into his arms, “I miss you. That’s the reason.” He climbed the wall and fled

Rita was stunned.

phone, Liam squinted his eyes

Liam, Jacob turned

Oliver come

why would Liam say