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One Percent of Love Chapter 11
Ethan had long since disappeared from my life, though now and then word of him still reached me.People said his company had shut down for good, that he'd let all his employees go.On the last day he sat alone in the empty office through the night, and no one knew what he was thinking.Jack got one final message from him, just three words. "I'm leaving now."When he tried to call back, the phone was already off.This was all secondhand. I never went to confirm any of it, and I didn't want to.Ethan was a chapter of my life I'd already closed. Once you turn the page, there's no need to turn back.After Vivian cut ties with Ethan, her family's business ran into trouble.Her parents got caught up in a financial crimes case. Their assets were frozen, and her house was seized.Someone saw her sitting on the curb on the phone, crying, a mess, with no idea who she was calling. Whoever it was had probably hung up.I didn't pay much attention to any of it.My mother's health is fully back now,
One Percent of Love Chapter 10
Some time later, something happened to Ethan. One of his friends called to tell me."Ms. Bennett, Ethan's in the hospital. Could you come see him?"It was Jack, his voice urgent, the noise of the hospital behind him."What happened to him?""The cut on his forehead still hasn't healed, and there's the stomach pump, and he gave two bags of blood. Then a few days ago he went out drinking, drank until his stomach was bleeding, and collapsed in his apartment. Someone from the building found him after he'd already thrown up a lot of blood."Jack paused. "Before he passed out, he kept saying your name."I gripped the phone and didn't answer."Ms. Bennett, I know you don't owe him anything."Jack's voice caught. "But he's in a bad way. Just come see him once. Once is enough."I thought about it for a moment, then asked, "Which hospital?"When I got there Ethan hadn't woken yet.It was a private room, very quiet, only the steady beep of the monitor.When Jack saw me come in, he left and shut t
One Percent of Love Chapter 9
After my leg healed, I took my mother for one last follow-up.Ethan trailed silently behind us. I ignored him.While we waited for the results, a commotion broke out at the end of the hall.A woman was crying. A nurse rushed past pushing a gurney with a small child on it, the child's lips gone blue."Out of the way. The child's lost too much blood. He needs a transfusion."Ethan got up from the bench at the other end of the hall and ran over at once."I'll give blood. We're the same type. Take mine."The nurse looked at him.Ethan was pale, his lips dry, still not recovered from the blood loss and the stomach pump."Are you up to it? You don't look well.""Yes. Hurry, the child can't wait."He lay down in the donation chair, pushed up his sleeve, and the blood ran out through the line and into the bag.His lips went whiter and his hand kept trembling, and the nurse glanced at him again and again.I stood at the corner of the hall and didn't go over.I watched the blood come out of him,
One Percent of Love Chapter 8
I thought Ethan would vanish from my life just like that. I was wrong.The doorbell rang. I dried my hands and went to the entryway, and found Ethan kneeling outside the door.His knees were on the floor, his hands braced in front of him, his head bowed.Behind him stood two of his friends, Jack and Tom, holding bags, their faces uneasy.I stayed inside. "What is this?"Ethan lifted his head, his eyes red. "However many times you kowtowed back then, I'll give you double."He didn't wait for an answer. He bent straight down and pressed his forehead to the floor with a dull thud.Jack turned his face away, unable to watch, and Tom's fingers tightened around the bag in his hand.Ethan's forehead went red, then blood started down from between his brows.The count climbed. The arm bracing him began to shake, and the blood had smeared across his forehead and run into his eyes.He blinked once and didn't wipe it. He kept going.I finally spoke and put a stop to it. "Enough."He stopped, kneel
One Percent of Love Chapter 7
The day I was discharged, the sun was out.I handled the paperwork on my own, on crutches, and instead of going straight home I went to my mother's room. She was waiting for me.When I opened the door she was sitting on the edge of the bed, already changed into her own clothes, her bag packed.She saw me, stood, came over and took my hands, and looked me up and down.Her gaze landed on the crutches, on the bruises that hadn't fully faded from my face, on the leg that had just come out of its cast.Her eyes went red. "Nora, you've lost weight, and you're so pale. Have you not been eating?"Warmth spread through my chest. "I have. Every day."She touched my cheek, her fingers warm. "Come on. Let's go home. I'll make you something good."I smiled, and I meant it. "Okay."We went to her doctor's office for one last check.He looked over all her results and said everything was normal, that she could go home.I nodded along, then asked, almost in passing, "By the way, doctor, a friend of min
One Percent of Love Chapter 6
By the time Ethan got back to his apartment it was the middle of the night.He pushed the door open, changed his shoes in the dark, and went to sit on the couch.The place was quiet. There was no dinner I'd made, no me smiling at him to come eat.He sat there ten minutes, then picked up his phone and opened our chat.He wanted to say something. He typed and deleted, typed and deleted, then gave up and threw the phone onto the couch.He woke early the next morning, rolled over out of habit, and called out, "Nora, what do we want for breakfast?"No answer came. He opened his eyes and found the other side of the bed empty.He lay there a long time, then just stared at the ceiling in silence.At nine he got to the office, pushed the door open, and glanced left without thinking.That was where I used to sit. I always got in before him, stacked his files in order on his desk, washed his mug, and filled it with hot water.Today the seat was empty and the desk was bare.Kyle came in with his c
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