Even After Death Novel (Olivia)

Chapter 38

Olivia stumbled as she stood up. She smiled frailly. “I fell in love with him the moment I laid eyes on him. I’ve loved him for so many years. I–I can’t just let him go.”

Keith saw tears streaming down her face. He wanted to wipe them for her, but he was in no position to. He could only stay still

and look at her.

Tears slid down her chin. Olivia smiled wryly. “I know it’s suffocating. But, the thought of watching him marry another girl hurts more than my cancer. I have no reason to live, so I’m choosing to die.

“I recently stumbled upon a saying. If you knew you were destined not to end up with the man you love dearly, would you choose to live through the joy and hurt and watch it end, or turn around and leave before it even starts?”

Olivia laughed at herself. “If I hadn’t met him, I would have chosen to turn around and leave. However, such is fate that I am unable to escape. He and I agreed that he would keep me company for another month. We will get divorced after. By then, I will take the step back to look around, like you want me to.”

each of her steps were. Her right hand rested on her left shoulder as she walked. She kept her back turned to him as she said,

the chilly outdoors. There was a blizzard howling

want to let her go. He looked out the window and

of his lips curled into a helpless smile. Why

her to a pious priest on a vision quest, looking for

got back to the Miller residence. She looked at the

opened the door. She took her shoes off and found Ethan

he was

against his rolled sleeves, making him look

from a thug that was coming

felt a hug behind him. He

back.

and turned the flame off. He stood at the stove and did not turn back. He said

at the hospital for

could be. He had to care for her quite intently, even when she got a