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Chapter 5 When the Truth Exploded
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When Love Turns the Knife Chapter 8 Ashes and Aftermath
Chaos erupted not long after Winston left. The hallway exploded with a cacophony of noise. It sounded as if something catastrophic had happened.Several nurses rushed in and placed me in a wheelchair without even a word of explanation."Where are you taking me?" I asked."Mr. Holt is dying," one of them replied urgently. "He wants to see you one last time. Mrs. Holt, please just see him one final time.""That's impossible." My instincts screamed that they were lying. He had been fine just moments ago. How could he suddenly be at death's door?The nurse spoke rapidly, her words tumbling out like a freight train, "Madeline just passed away. Grace lost it. She grabbed a knife and stabbed Mr. Holt several times."Winston was in the emergency room, drenched in blood. It poured endlessly from his lower abdomen; the red liquid gushing out of him seemed endless.The moment I walked in, he stared straight at me and reached out to me with his blood-soaked hand.I froze for a few second
When Love Turns the Knife Chapter 7 The Price of Redemption
I felt life itself lose all meaning now that I was trapped at Winston's side. I didn't even want to wake up anymore.In a way, my coma had become my most effective way of resisting his captivity.My consciousness drifted in and out, listening as he stood helpless before my unconscious form day after day. Sometimes, my eyelids would part to see him standing at the foot of my bed like a statue.His face grew more ashen and strained with each passing day. All he could do was rage at the doctors, demanding again and again to know when the transplant surgery could be done."We need some of the patient's key indicators to improve first," the doctor said cautiously. "It would be very risky to operate on her now. She might not even make it off the operating table."Winston flew into another furious outburst, forbidding anyone from mentioning words associated with death. It was as if making that word a taboo could keep me alive.Madeline, who had been standing nearby, listened with unconc
When Love Turns the Knife Chapter 6 Ashes to the Sea
I watched the farce unfold through the screen, thoroughly entertained.Victor called me. His voice sounded oddly weak. "Is there anything else you need me to do? I'll include it in the divorce package. No extra charge required."I thought it over carefully before saying, "Yes. Please scatter my ashes in the ocean after I die. I don't want Winston to get his hands on me. I don't want to be buried in the Holt family cemetery."There was a pause on the other end. After a few seconds, he said quietly, "I can't promise that. I'll probably be lining up in the afterlife by then.""Why?" His words made no sense. How could he die before me?"Heart disease. Every day I wake up is a lucky break for me," he replied casually, genuinely sounding like someone living on borrowed time.I sighed. "Then… Then, try to live a few more days? I'll donate my heart to you if I die before you do."My heart was the only thing in my body that still worked as it should. I might as well use that to thank
When Love Turns the Knife Chapter 5 When the Truth Exploded
Winston seemed utterly unfazed by my cold words.He lifted my hand, pulled a ring from his pocket, and firmly slid it onto my ring finger. His voice was gentle, almost tender, as he spoke. "Silly girl. Why didn't you come to me if you were strapped for cash? Don't sell something this important ever again, okay?"I had to rein in my temper as I struggled to sit up in bed. I didn't even care that an IV needle was still in my other hand as I yanked off the ring he had forced onto me and hurled it away."Winston, I want a divorce. Do you understand the words coming out of my mouth? I want a divorce!"Blood slowly flowed back into the IV line on the back of my hand. In truth, pain like this no longer fazed me. My life had been filled with nothing but pain ever since I was born. It was just that this man before me had dealt the fatal blow.Now, everything hurt so badly that I felt like I was dying. Honestly, I've long begun to long for death.I ripped out the IV needle and stared a
When Love Turns the Knife Chapter 4 Freedom by the Sea
Half a month later, I had finally settled down in a small seaside town.I sold my wedding ring and got a sizable sum of cash in return. From then on, my days were filled with good food and beautiful views.`Certain parts of my body would throb dully from time to time. I didn't know how long I had left to live, so I treated every single day as if it were my last.I was lying on a beach lounger one lazy afternoon, listening to the waves roll in and break, when I had an epiphany. I realized that I had never felt so free and so comfortable in my skin for the past 27 years of my life. Just then, I saw a figure walking toward me across the sand. It was my divorce attorney, Victor Langford.Word was that his nickname in the legal world was the Rainmaker. He would take any case as long as his client could fork up the cash. Judging by how he was the only one bold enough to take on my divorce, I'd say that rumor rang true.He looked reckless and dissolute; his features were also prettier
When Love Turns the Knife Chapter 3 The Price of Blood
My mother had prepared a full table of Madeline's favorite dishes to celebrate her pregnancy.Madeline covered her nose and complained that she had no appetite. Winston immediately suggested sending the caregiver who looked after me to cook for her instead.The corner of Madeline's lips curved upward as she pointed at me. "Don't bother. Madison doesn't look very happy. I wouldn't want you two arguing because of me."My mother shot me a sharp glare and snapped, "You're not pregnant, and you can handle yourself just fine. So, why can't you take care of yourself? You've always been a selfish brat, always complaining when I ask you to do anything."She had given birth to me only to use my umbilical cord blood to treat my sister. In her eyes, I was nothing more than a medical resource for Madeline. Therefore, what right did I have to defy her? None.I didn't want to argue. So, I set down my cutlery and went to the bedroom I used to have, hoping to calm down. Instead, I found it had bee
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