Chapter 72

I turned around only to see Chris standing right there. He looked at me as well, but he turned to ask Kara, "Where are you going?" "Maddie got ulcers, so I'm going to buy some medicine for her," Kara said. Chris immediately walked over quickly. "You haven't been drinking enough water again, right?" he said, knowing me too well. I got dehydrated very easily and usually stuck to eating soupy foods and drank as much water as I could. If I didn't, I would get dehydrated and either get tons of nosebleeds or ulcers. I had been with him for ten years, and he still knew me well enough to know that much. However, his words acted like a dagger to me. I couldn't help but think about how he told Derick he felt like we were "too close". We knew each other so well that he no longer had any interest in me and could be seduced by a widow. "Is there a reason you're here, Mr. Gildon?" I didn't reply to his question. Instead, I spoke to him in as cold and formal of a tone as I could. Chris' expre