Sweet Divorce

“Rita?” Grandpa Jim looked at the girl sitting beside hissickbedwith worriesfilled in his eyes. “Be careful! You waist has not recovered and you should stay on the bed.”

“But I miss you so much.” She acted like a spoiled child, wrapping her arms around his neck.

“You are a good girl.”Grandpa Jim compromised with affection, but turning around, showed a stern face to Liam.

“You should take a better care of her. If she didn’t recover well and soon, you’ll be punished with the family rules.”

Then Grandpa Jim turned to her and helped her stand up immediately, “The floor is so cold that you shouldn’t sit there. Come and sit beside me.”

Feeling his overwhelming tenderness, Rita almost shed tears.

Being alive again, Grandpa Jim still doted on her.

“Rita?”

Noticing she was in a trance, he called her name again.

She recollected her thoughts instantly and sat beside him.

On that day, they had a long conversation. Only when she was with him, Grandpa Jim burst into laughter instead of being solemn.

The conversation lasted so long that it consumed Grandpa Jim’s energy so he was visibly weary.

She stood up in a hurry and helped him walk to the bed for a rest.

“It seems that I don’t have much time left. I got tired so easily.” Lying propped on the bed, he sighed.

Hearing this, Rita became anxious, frowning at him, “It’s not true! Don’t say that, please. You’ll livea long life.”

Grandpa Jim smiled quietly with dismay in his heart.

He knew his body more than anyone else, realizing that he would die in the near future.

Grandpa Jim looked at her with contemplation and tried to tell her something, opening his mouth but finally he said something else, “Ask Liam to come here. I want to talk to him.”

“Grandpa, I think you had better sleep for a while first.”

“Sleep…” He’s afraid that he would not wake up forever if he slept. But knowing that she would be unhappy if he told that to her, he just smiled with love, “I will forget what I want to tell him.”

I get it.” She promised since

Liam, she helped put the quilt

“Grandpa, what’s wrong?”

the bed, Grandpa Jim glanced at the

are you

well.” Liam

sick but I am not blind. I can

frowned, and kept scolding, “Be honest to me. What’s wrong with

Jim guessed out what happened

he gave a deep sigh, “You’ve hurt her so much that she is

“I know.”

more efforts to please her to let her forget the past.”OGrandpa Jim paused and continued seriously, “However, if she refuses to forgive you and makes up her mind to leave, I hope you

with

Jim looked up at

happiness. I hope that

at Grandpa Jim’s room at the second floor, Rita was holding back

“Rita?”

voice of confusion sounding behind,

tears away and turned back to see Michael walking in with

professor asked me to check Grandpa Jim’s health.” He took a glance at her waist, frowning, “Why didn’t you stay in the hospital?

doesn’t matter.” She smiled

smile made him

matter? He could well remember that she feared

Lillian barked their skin during climbing a tree naughtily and

also she could speak of the wound smiling. A couple years later, she was no longer the girl who was so vulnerable and seemed

to apply the ointment to your waist, which can help remove the

of the ointment,

never expected that he would be so clear about the use

a doctor to remember this. After all, they themselves prescribed the medicines and ointments and therefore must remember the doses.

these, Rita was

ointment, “Oh, thank you so much. My ointment has been run out and I am going to take more from you. Now I can save the time of going to the

“My pleasure.”

a simple check.” Holding a plate of fruits, Mrs. Davis was curious at the sight of

doctor, I have a habit of bringing all kinds of medicines and ointments with me in case of need.”