When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 38

Chapter 38



Vinson dropped his apartment address, and I punched it into my GPS.

The ride was in silence except for the voice of the navigation. Neither of us spoke a word.

It was too embarrassing, and I didn't even know how to bring it up.

When we pulled up to his apartment building, he finally turned to look at me. "Melanie, what's going on between you and Clyde? I've been abroad these past few years. All I knew was that you two got hitched."

I stared back at him, at a loss for words.

What could I say? Could I tell him Clyde has been bringing home one woman after another for the past three years? And I'd had a cancer relapse and didn't know how much time I had left.

Ultimately, I shook my head. "Forget it, Vinson. I'm getting a divorce anyway. We might as well not talk about it."

I felt that way. Divorce was inevitable, and my time was precious. I didn't want to waste it on Clyde.

Vinson looked at me for a moment before pulling out his phone. "Fine, let's swap contacts. Send me your number."

quietly added him and watched him return to his

he sent me a

if Clyde gives you trouble. I'm here whenever you

had always been so understanding toward me. Back in college, when he found out I was chasing after Clyde, who paid me no mind, Vinson never stopped pursuing me. Everyone knew Vinson had a crush

that day. Later, his roommate called me to check on him. I didn't go,

unknown number told me to reach out if I needed anything, promising to be there. Only after Vinson graduated did I find out that

it, I quickly drove off. I was a bit out of it, and if I ended up scratching Jade's car, she'd

see her when I got home, but

that suddenly appeared on the table made me smile. It looked like Jade had come home but had

made my eyes well up a bit. It seemed I hadn't completely failed at life. Aside from picking

the cupcake and fell asleep on

up with a crick in my neck

was when my phone started blowing

air. "Mel, you better check the news. Were you at the

barrage of message notifications nearly deafened me. I clicked on the links sent by Jade, which were all about Clyde's police

and Kayla, but someone

their lovers at the police station, Clyde was

online were being pretty sensible. They analyzed the situation and clarified

few were just causing

the husband cheats, it's the wife's fault. Look how skinny she is. Holding her must hurt. Who

boy. Guess there's no good in the wealthy, all