Chapter 139

While John was standing in the doorway, Olivia was sitting on the floor, getting something from the nightstand. She paused for a moment after each item. It was as if she were sorrowful and reluctant. When her fingers touched the red box, her hands shook suddenly. Olivia opened the box and looked at the shiny ring in it, tears welling up again. It was the diamond ring John had asked an internationally renowned jeweler to prepare for their marriage proposal three years ago. All these years, she treated it like a treasure. Afraid to damage it, she put it away. Olivia took the ring out, put it on her finger, held her hand up, and studied it for a moment, smiling. "But Johnny's not coming back, and neither can we go back to how it used to be. And you... are just going to be a part of my past. "If I had never saved that b*tch, Dorothy, could I have avoided all this?" She mumbled to herself as if she were telling a story to the ring. After a while, she looked down at the ring and so