Chapter 185

Just then, Henry called. I crawled over to pick it up, and I could hear his worried voice as he said, "Carol, Dixon just called me." "What did he say?" I asked, exhaling deeply. "He was really upset and helpless, just like I used to be... I never told you what happened between me and your sister-in-law. In fact, our story wasn't as smooth as you might've imagined. Carol, it's hard for a man to show his pain, but once it's been exposed, the wound is often fatal." I closed my eyes and asked, "What are you trying to say?" "Give him another chance, Carol." I kept quiet, but Henry went on in his gentle voice, "Dixon really does love you, perhaps not in the right way, but he regards you as the dearest thing in his life, otherwise, he wouldn't have given up everything and agreed to marry Wendy." "But that wasn't what I wanted!" I snarled. "But that was the only thing he could give you at the time! What did you expect him to do? To watch you die? Put yourself in his shoes now, would you