CHAPTER 789 A FATAL HURT

Chapter 789 A Fatal Hurt

The ward quieted down again. The blood stains on the floor were removed, and everything returned to

its normal as if the incidents had not happened.

The door was opened. Hannah raised her eyes and found Theodore, and soon after she diverted her

sight away with repulsion, for she knew he came for persuasion.

Theodore was unwilling to take up such a challenging task as a peacemaker. Sex should be the best

way to conflicts between spouses as he thought. And he wondered why this couple had to make things

so complicated.

Theodore approached her and sat down beside her bed. Max still hold a bowl in which there was new

hot gruel for Hannah who rejected it again.

With a sigh, Theodore started, "Oscar was already in a separate ward. The doctor said his tongue was

injured a bit seriously. Maybe he needs 1 or 2 days before he can talk again. But never mind.

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Hannah sat quietly, emotionless.

"Oscar is asleep now, finally. This is a hard time for him indeed. The time he spent on the trip back to

Kensbury the day before was squeezed from his tight schedule. And because of one day off, he kept

busy for the coronation till the last midnight. But I don't think he had a minute in sleep for he got the

message of your hunger strike afterwards. Anyway, when I picked him up this morning, I found his eyes

were as red as that of a rabbit. Then he asked for some special eye drops from the doctor to cover. It's

hard to imagine. He looked so terrible that I thought he might just come out from a coffin."

Hannah glanced at him with impatience.

Theodore was put a halt to by her threat. But with a sigh, he started again, "I'm not asking for your

sympathy for Oscar, but I just wonder if you would feel better when you know he is suffering too."

"This is none of my business," Hannah replied finally with an indifferent voice, "These are all his

choices, aren't they?"

"True. This is his choice. He could not abandon his family nor the power that his family earned by the

cost of lives in generations."

"But he can abandon me," Hannah said word by word.

"Do you think he can endure life without you?" Theodore questioned.

"No one is the air for the other. And time can cure."

"Do you know how many years Oscar loves you already?"

"At least that happened because of me. It's me to make a move first."

She was quite clear for they had been a pair of parallel lines in her last existence.

"Now if I leave him, he will get used to it gradually."

"True. You're the active cause of the relationship. Before you entered his life, he was a living creature

without a soul. And he relived for your appearance and started to enjoy his life." Theodore added. He

was barely emotional like that out of his shyness. But Oscar was one of his friends that was worthy of

challenging himself.

"But he has Lilian now, doesn't he?" Hannah refuted lightly.

"Do you think he loves her?"

"Maybe he will."

"Anyone on the earth could be misled that Oscar loves Lilian, but you!"

Hannah shook and denied, "I had thought the man I loved was Charles Sawyer and I would not

change. However, I married Oscar and fell in love with him. I think he can forget me just as I could

forget Charles Sawyer."

"So anyway, you have given up, right?"

"Theodore," Hannah said, "Separation is the best way for him. Talk with your friend."

Theodore was left speechless, for he knew Hannah was right. Indeed, separation was the best solution

for them both. But how would Oscar be after that?

Theodore said after some hesitation, "I will consider your proposal." That meant he would consider if he

would get Hannah out of there. But Hannah had little hope for him. After all, Theodore was loyal to his

friend. If Oscar did not agree, it was impossible to set her free.

Theodore left after the conversation. He seemed to be a failed peacemaker since he was unable to

ease the conflict a bit.

That day Hannah went on her hunger strike, and Oscar did not show up again in her ward. She thought

he might fly back to the Capital.

On the second day, Manuel visited her. His visit must be under Theodore's instruction. Without the

impact from Oscar, Manuel was still her friend so she was nicer to him.

"I cannot imagine that you could be that thin as now." Manuel smiled and felt a little sorry for her

condition.

Hannah smiled too and said, "And I don't expect to show you such an awful me."

Manuel shook his head and comforted, "I can understand your suffering for I have been through that

before." The hurt he suffered for Susan might be similar to Hannah for Oscar.

"So you come to persuade me or help me?" Hannah asked it straight.

"None of them. I come in a hope that you can take some food." Manuel did not beat around the bush

either.

Hannah sealed her lips at his answer.

"It's not easy to have a chance for being reborn. And do you just give it up that easily?"

"Of course not." Hannah said, "Life is valuable."

"But now you're devastating yourself," Manuel added, "there are so many ways to torture my cousin.

Why do you choose a self-destructive one?"

"True. There do be so many ways in destroying Oscar. But my way is the most fatal one."

Hannah was good at seizing her enemy's Achilles heel. Her answer managed to mute the second

visitor.

This morning, Manuel received a call from Theodore who kept complaining about the troublesome

couple. And he added at last that they would ruin everything if their fight continued. Theodore was not

exaggerating. Given Oscar's existing position, any of his conditions could put Northfield on the brink of

collapse.

Theodore spent a night persuading Oscar to set Hannah free, even in a fake way. He suggested

surveillance of Hannah in case of any other man had a chance to get close to her. But Oscar did not

agree. Without permission, Theodore could not get Hannah out of there discreetly. That was not

because of his fear of Oscar's revenge, but his concern, worrying that his friend might be driven crazy

at last.

Theodore was helpless but only turned to Manuel for help. They would not have been so poor if

Hannah was not that stubborn. Theodore was nearly on the edge because of this couple. But Manuel

did not think he could make any difference, since he knew Hannah was going to leave his cousin at any

cost.