My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I had forgotten about the box because so many things had happened recently. I tried to recall, but I still couldn't remember where I put it.

"Well, I'll look for it some other day," I said. Since the elderly gave it to me, I shouldn't just brush it off.

Hendrix walked into the living room, took a sip of water, and looked at me. He was always difficult to read, and I didn't feel like figuring out what he was up to either.

I went directly back to the bedroom where I lived previously. I thought I probably left the box somewhere in that room.

I took my belongings and clothes with me when I moved out of that room, so it looked much emptier than before. I started to look in the cabinets.

There was no sight of the box.

Hendrix folded his arms and gazed at me. I then glanced back at him and said, "You should go and wash up first. I'll look around."

He didn't speak. After a while, he said, "Do you know what's in the box that Dalton gave you?"

me that if we were to divorce, I could hand the box to you if I refused to divorce you.

laughed at my remarks,

I still couldn't find it, and it annoyed me. I looked at him and asked, "Dalton passed it to you too.

and said, "Are you short of

a

left behind some cash and valuable items for you in that box. Perhaps he

frowned and asked, "Did you

Hendrix nodded.

yelled, "It is mine! How could you open and look at

take a strand of my hair to run the DNA test. And right then, he went through my stuff without

He then said, "I'll never divorce you. Therefore, technically speaking,

"Hendrix, do you think that just because we are

he sighed, "I'm sorry for not telling you about this.

You must think that I'm just as insignificant as that box, didn't you? If I was Andrea, would you do the same thing? Would you look at her stuff without her knowing? Would

was clearly unhappy, "Why do you