Leaving You Bereft (Willow and Julian) novel Chapter 59

Casually, Willow replied, “It’s good that you’ll be back.”

Julian wanted to say more, but Willow hung up on him. She put her phone away and took the two concert tickets out, which had them seated side–by–side.

Her head was lowered as she stared at the tickets for a long time, remembering how excited she had been when she received the news that day. Now, she just felt like an idiot.

Thankfully, she wouldn’t make the same mistake again. Willow ended up throwing the two tickets into a trash can on the side of the road.

She wrapped herself in a thick down jacket and stepped into the cold night. Sometimes, even clothes treated her better than a man. At least her clothes kept her warm on a cold night.

It was the afternoon in Grandsburg. A castle–like complex stood near the cathedral. That was the most famous hospital in the area, which had the best doctors in the world. A lot of rich people would have their seriously ill family members treated there.

Julian stood at the end of the corridor, quietly smoking a cigarette. He was thinking of his wife, who was back in Brindley. 2

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, but it couldn’t penetrate the icy glass, let alone warm his body. He was thinking about how Willow must have trudged through the ice and snow in Brindley that day. Was she freezing? Was she in pain?

Julian’s slender fingers trembled as he held the cigarette, and his gaze deepened. At that moment, he heard a woman cry out from behind him.

“I’m not leaving! I want to see Julian! Where is he? He said I could stay in Brindley as long as I did what he said-”

There was a commotion, and someone tried taking Catherine back to the ward to draw her blood, but she insisted on seeing Julian.

She broke free and ran over to Julian barefoot. The hospital gown she was wearing hung loosely on her thin body, making her look frail and without her former innocence.

She clung to the sleeve of Julian’s coat and desperately begged, “Don’t be so cruel, Julian! I’ll listen to you. I won’t be so stubborn from now on. I won’t swap blood bags again. Don’t leave me here!”

Julian turned around to look at her expressionlessly. “Can I even trust you anymore?”

He flashed Catherine a sneer. “Someone almost died because of your nonsense. There’s a limit to how stubborn you can be, Catherine. I don’t want something like this to happen again.”

Charlie lit it and took a deep puff, his Adam’s apple bobbing slightly. “I’m so sorry, Julian. You’ve given us so much over the years, both financially and emotionally. We wouldn’t have made it this far without you. I’m sorry that Catherine is so immature. She’s caused you a lot of trouble. Your wife doesn’t blame you for it, does she?”

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