"Okay, I won't leave. How could I bear to go?" Leaving him alone with a raging fever was something Dorothy just could not bring herself to do.

Only after she promised to stay could Everett finally close his eyes, his consciousness fading again. Yet, in those last moments of awareness, he grasped her hand tightly, refusing to let go for a long time.

Dorothy knew he was living in a constant state of unease.

She had not given him a definite departure date nor played her part convincingly enough to make him truly believe she was here to stay.

Fortunately, there were only a few days left. Soon, his ordeal would be over.

It took Everett five days in Swevia Country to start feeling better.

Quincy said it was a mix of worry and old wounds that had flared up.

“But he was always fine back home.” “When you're tense, you can keep going on sheer willpower. Maybe once he got to Swevia Country, without the need to keep going, the illness caught up with him." It was only when Dorothy heard this that she realized how much Kenneth was on Everett's mind.

He was like a constant thorn in his side.

the signs were

phone call, she would look up to see him leaning against a wall, smoking a cigarette. If she went out at night, he would be waiting in the living room. Even when she visited her mother's grave, he would

really afraid of Kenneth snatching her away from

those four years without Dorothy had

somewhat recovered Everett found his schedule jam-packed with

time together. In fact, she found him most

of him to

long meeting, the sky outside

she drifted into a light

was lifted into the air that

over?"

bed's so close

did not want to

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