Just then, it started pouring rain.
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Because of the procedure, I was shivering from the cold.
“Mr. Harrison, Mrs. Harrison just had an
operation. It’s raining, so it’s hard to get a taxi.
Can she take your car?”
Sarah asked.
I looked at Jake hopefully, wondering if he
would show me any kindness.
But he shielded Tiffany, his face icy. “Tiffany doesn’t like her.”
“Take a taxi back yourself. If you can’t get one,
then walk.”
He and Tiffany then got into the car.
Cold wind and rain lashed against me, chilling
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Sarah’s husband ended up giving me a ride home.
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When I got there, I saw Jake giving Tiffany a foot bath.
“Your health isn’t good, you should soak your
feet more often.”
Right after saying that, he saw me.
“Why are you back again?
“Don’t you know Tiffany doesn’t like you?”
“This is the last time I’ll be back,” I said softly.
In the past, his words would have made me feel awful.
But now, I didn’t care anymore.
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9:07
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“I’m fine, Jake. I’ll try my best to stop being
afraid of Lindsey,” Tiffany said pitifully.
During the years that Jake and I were together,
she was like a wall standing between Jake and
- me.
I didn’t say anything, just went back to my room to pack.
This trip to South Ossetia would probably be my last.
Because there was a good chance that I would
die there.
But I wasn’t afraid, I just wanted to make my last years interesting.
As I was packing, Jake suddenly burst through the door.
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9:07
“Where do you think you’re going?”
He stared intently at the camera in my hand.
“On a trip.”
He sighed in relief.
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“It’s good for you to go out. That way Tiffany
won’t be sad because of you.”
“Is there enough money? Do you want me to
wire you some more?”
In seven years, I had six abortions.
Each time he would give me ten million, which
was already sixty million.
“It’s enough.”
“You’re really not angry, are you?”
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9:07
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He walked over and wanted to touch my hand.
But I dodged away.
“I’m not angry.”
“That’s good. You know, all of this is your own fault.
“You made Tiffany who she is, and you deserve it.
“But don’t worry, if you get pregnant again, I’ll persuade Tiffany to accept this child.”
But I wanted to tell him that there would be no next time.
And there would be no future between me and him.
“Oh, Tiffany’s clothes haven’t been washed yet,
go wash them.”
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9:07
With that, he left.
I sat on the bed and clutched my stomach.
It seemed that in Jake’s heart, my body had
never been important.
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Whenever I was feeling unwell, he would ask me
to wash Tiffany’s clothes and scrub her shoes.
Once Tiffany threw a temper tantrum and
knocked over the wine cabinet.
It took me one night to clean it all up.
After packing my luggage, I went to the living
room and saw Jake watching a movie with
Tiffany.
