When Love Breaks by Jack

I flopped back onto the bed to read, but after some time, I realized I was

holding the book upside down. A restless feeling started creeping up on me. I

couldn’t help but wonder about Bryant’s condition. If it was because of that

gunshot, it should have been me, not him.

With my thoughts in turmoil, I closed the book and decided to get some fresh

air on the balcony. Then, there was a knock on the door, followed by Gary’s

voice, “Mrs. Ferguson.”

My steps quickened as I opened the door. “Gary, how’s Bryant? Is he okay?”

Gary said, “Mr. Bryant’s got a fever.”

I let out a sigh of relief, thinking it was just a cold, but then Gary added, “It’s

the gunshot wound from the other day. It got infected. Mr. Bryant won’t let

anyone touch him and refuses to take his medicine.”

divorce, and I shouldn’t even be

you in his sleep,”

heart squeezed at those words.

least I could

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an unnatural pink, his breathing steady, but

troubled by a

the medicine on the nightstand. “The

help with the fever

I nodded. “Okay.”

respectfully, “I’ll leave you two

anything.”

and me. I reached out to

was burning.

pull my hand away, he caught it, murmuring

Jane… why do you want

fell silent, each word piercing through the quiet and straight into

heart.

stood there for a long while before gently patting his

need to take

me off guard, but luckily, I had avoided

on his wound, though I could feel the heat emanating from his