When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 6

Chapter 6



As I watched them walk away, everything suddenly clicked. No wonder Clyde never brought Kayla home. He was worried about her allergies to dog hair.

The young nurse looked like she was about to call out to him, but I stopped her.

"Ms. Crawford, is that your husband? That's not right," she said, clearly outraged.

The nurse was young, probably fresh out of college, and filled with a sense of justice.

I shook my head. "It's fine. We're getting a divorce. If he had stayed, I might've died sooner."

Anger could be a woman's worst enemy. Maybe it was because I'd been bottling everything up for the past three years, but my cancer came back.

The drama ended, and the doctors resumed planning the surgery. Perhaps feeling guilty about me, they checked my vitals and, finding them barely acceptable, scheduled the surgery.

Maybe it was my neighbor Brenda's cross that worked. The doctors had said my chances were slim since it was a recurrence, but the surgery went incredibly smoothly. I guessed God's blessing meant I got to live a bit longer.

I was suddenly grateful to Clyde for making me angry. If he had been too nice, I might've died sooner.

scalp was tingling. It wasn't my first surgery, but it hurt more, maybe because

listened more to what she said, maybe she wouldn't have died so

"The surgery went well today. The pain from the anesthesia is normal. It'll pass." Sympathy was evident in her eyes. I could guess why. Today, I must've become the talk of the hospital, not because

the surgery, no one reached out to me, and I couldn't be

But I kept seeing updates from him and Kayla. Kayla loved to share by posting on

without her, she was

an allergy, they're off to Westbridge for a

here, they're out enjoying spa

got our troubles. Sure, but at least we're not

Patterson is openly cheating,

mentioned Clyde and Kayla, it brought me into the conversation. In their eyes, I was the woman with a cheating husband but putting up with everything for

seemed to have

Immediately added this gossip group. They didn't know

business

tirade. "Ms. Crawford, if the Patterson Group doesn't want to continue our partnership, that's fine, but this delay

the company is stepping up. What about our project? Who's going to cover our losses?" The more they talked, the more agitated they became. Eventually, I understood Clyde had taken Kayla to Westbridge and neglected many responsibilities,

"I'm sorry. I've just had surgery and am

best approach. It wasn't

tone, "You had

you

Patterson, try contacting his