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.

it was like my scalp was tingling. It wasn't my first surgery, but it hurt more, maybe because I knew there was no one to feel

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

nurse 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

following the surgery, no one reached out to me, and

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

the gossip group without her, she

Patterson spoils her rotten, huh? Because of an allergy, they're

here, they're out enjoying

we're not as bad off as our boss's

believe Mr. Patterson is openly cheating, and she doesn't seem

conversation. In their eyes, I was the woman

seemed to have

when I first joined, Immediately added this gossip group. They didn't know who I was then, so they shared everything with me. But it seemed no one remembered I was still

as I was about to turn off my phone, a call came from a business partner. I hadn't managed the project for months

"Ms. Crawford, if the Patterson Group doesn't want to continue our partnership, that's

won't answer his phone, and no one at 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

sorry. I've just had surgery and am not handling

years of experience, I realized appearing vulnerable was the best approach. It

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

If you

Patterson, try contacting his