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.

maybe because I knew there was

of her made me tear up. If only I had listened more to what she said, maybe she wouldn't have

gently wiped away my tears, whispering, "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,

to me, and I couldn't be bothered to care.

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

her, she

an allergy, they're off to Westbridge for a

away here, they're out

Sure, but at least we're not as

openly cheating, and she doesn't seem to

was the woman with a cheating husband

seemed to

group. They didn't know who I was then, so they shared everything with me. But it

from a business partner. I

they launched into a tirade. "Ms. Crawford, if the Patterson Group doesn't want to continue our partnership, that's

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

sorry. I've just had

approach.

their tone, "You had surgery? You're in the

If you can't

Patterson, try contacting his