ter 6

Chapter 6

I woke up in the hospital as dawn’s birds began their chorus at 4 AM.

Alex’s fair complexion, already pale, appeared even more stark against the white walls and his dark hair, though tonight he looked unusually weary.

“Hadn’t it healed? Why such severe pain suddenly?” Seeing me awake, he gently massaged my stomac

On the bedside table sat an unfamiliar thermos. Come to think of it, unfamiliar items often appeared in

our home.

Following my gaze, he explained: “I ordered some porridge. Feel up to trying some if you’re better?”

I looked away, flexing my fingers: “Did you know the stomach is an emotional organ? Maybe my

emotions are sick.”

you? Tell me, I’ll deal

he’d often made similar unconscious

could he do, a common man with nothing but his

who’d verbally harassed me, I tried to minimize telling him about troubles I faced outside.

afford compensation or medical bills from impulsive actions, so I learned to let things go when

harassment, I risked termination to gather evidence, publish it,

so broken that when he casually asked, I poured out all my grief in tears.

things

police got involved, and the manager who had long harassed female employees was arrested. I submitted

up to put

caught my wrist: “Where

looking up at him with a smile.

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