When Love Breaks by Jack

I froze, finding Bryant both pitiful and detestable.

I couldn’t tell if his emotions were genuine or just for show. And I didn’t want to

bother figuring it out. After all, it wouldn’t be long before Bryant and I had

nothing to do with each other.

I sniffled, forcibly waking Bryant up. “Take your medicine before you go back

to sleep.”

Knowing it was me, he didn’t resist when I brought the medicine to his lips.

Instead, he cooperated and obediently fell back asleep.

His fever was scorching, not something that would subside soon.

I asked Gary for some burn ointment and applied it to the burns on the inside

my room until his fever started going

Bryant’s generally good health and youth, Gary came the

to report that Bryant’s fever

by the afternoon, a servant delivered

wants you to accompany him

I was

…

years of marriage, since it was kept a secret, he had never

outside of

alone.

it’s Gladys Larson’s 80th

understood his

family, cutting off

marrying Mark.

Bryant seemed more reasonable when

frowned. “Where is

Gary could finish, I had stormed off,

of