Hold My Tear, I’m Getting My Wife Back!

Chapter 105

Leanne settled into the car as Mary gently cradled her face, examining her with the deep. affection unique to elders.

“Sweetheart, have you been overworking yourself? Have you been neglecting your meals?”

Perched obediently in her seat, Leanne reassured her, “I’ve been eating well and gained a few pounds recently. But you’ve slimmed down so much. How come?”

Mary had been battling stomach cancer, enduring several surgeries that had significantly reduced the plump matriarch to half her size. Three years ago, she had narrowly escaped death’s door, a feat that some attributed to a psychic or maybe just pure

luck.

Since Leanne married Curtis, Mary had miraculously survived her ordeal.

Mary had taken refuge in tranquility these years, living at a serene mountain retreat with at church, balancing her time between spiritual devotion and recovery.

She seldom asked for visits from her kin, preferring the peace of solitude, returning home. only during the holidays. The unexpected early return was a mystery.

She appeared even frailer than before. A sudden drop in weight at her age usually signaled illness.

Leanne’s heart ached at the sight of Mary’s frail form, “Are you sure you’re okay?”

chuckled, “I had

severity, but with her medical background, Leanne knew any surge for Mary at the time was a race

didn’t you tell us

matters I’m accustomed to

had come to terms with life’s ebb and flow at her age. “Once I made it, you could celebrate another hurdle crossed. If not,

voice was thick with emotion. “I’d rather get worried sick about you than live wit regret for

experienced the pain of loss early on, she

Leanne’s words, Mary promised, “Next time, you’ll

dinner. The others

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home yet?”

landed and insisted

two hours now.”

at home, and I would

I? I’ve seen enough of those

up in Leanne’s eyes, unsure how to break the news that she was divorcing and would no longer be a Richardson.