\u8b49\u00a0<\/p>\n
88\u2013Keeping Me Away From Madeline\u00a0<\/p>\n
Graham:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can stop pacing around the room now,\u201d Kaylee complained after I hadn\u2019t spoken a word to her and had been pacing for an hour straight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you worried because she went out with Baxter to his family dinner?\u201d she continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I closed my eyes, my hands on my waist, trying to contain the anger rising inside me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just asking because isn\u2019t it odd that every time she\u2019s with one of your friends, your mood sours? Is there something I should know? I hope you didn\u2019t have a crush on her like she had a crush on you,\u201d she went on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The thing about Kaylee was that she didn\u2019t know when to stop.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKaylee, you knew what you were getting into before marriage, didn\u2019t you?\u201d I finally snapped, reminding her of her own words, \u201cWhat was it you said? Once someone gets married, they eventually surrender. Isn\u2019t that what you told me when I said I didn\u2019t want to marry you?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I noticed the color drain from her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She looked furious, beyond angry. She threw the comforter off, got out of bed, and marched toward me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The minute she reached me, she slapped me. My fist clenched, but I didn\u2019t hit her back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I never had.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy would you say that? Why would you say it after I asked if you have feelings for her? Is that an admission of guilt?\u201d she demanded, grabbing my collar and shaking me for an answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKaylee, how many times do I have to tell you not to raise your hand on me?\u201d I reminded her, my jaw tightening, my voice low and rough.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I think she noticed the veins on my arms tightening and the muscles in my neck stiffening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She slowly released my collar, stepped back, and began to sniffle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t hit you because I hate you. Why do you always make it sound like I\u2019m abusive toward you?\u201d she whimpered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I already knew what would happen next.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019d cry, throw a scene, and then my father would come in, slap me across the face, and remind me I was a man, that I wasn\u2019t supposed to complain about little things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine, you don\u2019t need to do all that,\u201d I hissed tiredly. \u201cBut I really want to know what\u2019s wrong with you. She\u2019s married, and it seems like she loves her husband. Why are you trying to rekindle a friendship that died a long time ago? Men or women, once they\u2019re married, they don\u2019t keep old friends hanging around. Their spouse becomes their friend,\u201d she yelled and then took a deep breath.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI am your friend! I\u2019ve been your friend for five years. Haven\u2019t I?\u201d she asked, pointing at her chest. I turned my\u00a0<\/p>\n
face away.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine, I said those things, but at the end of the day, you\u2019re a man. You should have said no to the marriage, even when I didn\u2019t. But you didn\u2019t, and after that, we lived a happy life, until now. Until she came back.\u201d She grunted, mentioning Madeline again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ba Keeping Me Away From Madeline\u00a0<\/p>\n
Every time she said her name, or anyone did, or even when I looked at her, I felt like a loser.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like happiness was within my reach, yet I couldn\u2019t have it. It stirred defiance in me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCome on, come to bed. We need to give your father an heir.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice changed as she started running her hand up and down my chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I instantly grabbed her wrist and shook my head.\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not in the mood, and I\u2019m not a baby\u2013making machine. You can\u2019t just drag me into bed whenever you decide it\u2019s time to have a baby,\u201d I said before storming out of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I walked straight to the couch in the living room and lay down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The whole night, I tossed and turned until I heard a commotion outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I assumed Madeline and Baxter had returned, but Kaylee rushed out ahead of me to see what was happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She came back telling me that Madeline looked happy, laughing and talking with Baxter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then she taunted me, saying Madeline was probably closest to everyone but me, even though she once claimed to have a crush on me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After that, I didn\u2019t go talk to Madeline, partly because Kaylee was on high alert.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The next day arrived, and Kaylee was eerily sick.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She wouldn\u2019t get out of bed, kept complaining about throwing up, and was coughing so much I thought she\u2019d cough her organs out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I figured that was probably why she was vomiting, the coughing itself was violent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t even have time to check my phone before my father ordered me to take her to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew my responsibilities and it\u2019s not like Madeline was giving me any chance to do otherwise right now. So I took Kaylee to the hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Once we arrived, the doctors told me she was completely fine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of them even said he had no idea why she was\u00a0<\/p>\n
with her lungs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
complaining about coughing when there was nothing wrong\u00a0<\/p>\n
It all seemed forced. That\u2019s when I realized why I\u2019d been sent there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But there were too many people around, and every time I tried to walk away, Kaylee would throw a tantrum.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t want to cause any more trouble for Madeline but I had already seen the news.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s why you made me come here. What is Dad planning to do?\u201d I asked, my fist clenching.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMadeline has a wolf,\u201d Kaylee hissed. \u201cAnd your father said he\u2019ll use it to make her tell everyone she wants to go back. That\u2019s it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo. Are you fucking insane? Kaylee, do you ever use your brain?\u201d I snapped, stepping closer to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We were in the parking lot now, and she refused to get in the car.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did I do now?\u201d she shot back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
BERG We way from\u00a0<\/p>\n
+25 Bonus\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad said he would make her leave because she has a wolf and that\u2019s why you made me come here? So my friend will be gone?\u201d I said slowly, emphasizing each word. She began to nod\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDid you ever think that if Father talks about her having a wolf, they won\u2019t let her leave?\u201d I demanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she didn\u2019t look like she understood what she\u2019d done and that\u2019s when I realized there was something more to this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour father said he\u2019ll go tell Madeline that he\u2019s going to help her leave the human lands,\u201d Kaylee spoke hastily, but only after he convinces everyone she doesn\u2019t have a wolf.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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