GoodReadDorothy tried to speak several times, but in the end, she couldn't muster even a whisper.
"You said before, once this is all over, you'd giveclosure. Does it mean ending it all with your death?" asked Everett.
"Yes." As long as she was gone, everything would be over.
Dorothy knew Everett would be devastated and fall apart, but she believed the acute pain of loss would eventually pass. After all, once she was gone, there was nothing he could do.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMaybe it would take ten years, maybe twenty, but eventually, he would move on.
And then, he might meet someone new to grow old with...
Given Everett's intense, loyal nature, she was certain he would find an incredible partner.
All Dorothy wished for was that once she passed away, that would be the end of her story. She hoped not to linger as a ghost, haunting the living...
She couldn't bear the thought of seeing Everett with another woman.
"Sometimes | wonder if you and | could ever spend a lifettogether..." He was staring at the hospital room ceiling, as if talking to Dorothy, but also as if speaking to himself, "Who can givethat answer? If it could end well, then | don't care how difficult or painful the journey is." "As long as the person in your heart isn't me, you can be happy. You just need to find someone else to love!" said Dorothy.
Everett looked at her and asked, "Why do you suggest | find someone else, instead of you trying to meethalfway for once? Wouldn't it be simpler if you heldin your heart?" Dorothy didn’t answer.
"All these times, I've been the one reaching out to you. Just this once, can you step towards me?" He sighed lightly, "Even if | am determined, | still long for sresponse from you." If she nodded, Everett was ready to take not just the next thousand steps, but ten thousand! He didn't care what others thought; he was all in! If people back hwhispered behind their backs, he would take Dorothy and the kids and move abroad.
If people abroad did the same, he would abandon his identity and run away with her.
As long as she was by his side, what did material possessions or social status matter? Having said so much already, Everett figured he might as well lay it all out.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Can you, or can you not, givea clear answer?" "Do | have to?" "Yes." Dorothy clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and said, "Then no, | can't." Compared to Everett's overwhelming love, she... she longed for liberation.
Death seemed too easy, too enticing as a way out.
"I'm sorry, Everett..." "Enough, | don't want to hear it." His voice went cold, and he looked away.
"Leave." Dorothy stood there for a long while. She wanted to explain her choice, to make Everett understand her desire for eternal freedom, but as the words reached her lips, Dorothy felt she couldn't persuade him.
Everett was as stubborn as she was.
"I'm leaving. You take care of yourself." Dorothy took a few steps back and reached for the door of the hospital room.
Behind her, Everett suddenly spoke in a chilling tone, "You won't get another chance to kill her." "I know." "As punishment for betraying me, | won't let you die!" Dorothy listened.
"lI want you to live! Even if it means chaining you to a bed every day, | won't let you take your own life!" Dorothy froze, turning slightly to look at him. "You want to control me?" "Yes! And as long as | wish, | can." His lips curved into a cruel smile. "If I'm still enduring this torment, why should I let you find peace?"
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