A Bird in the Cage novel Chapter 15

Chapter 15 Sick

Tossing the phone on the bed, Catherine rushed into the bathroom. With her physical condition, she would get a fever if she showered with cold water.

Today, she wanted to punish herself by falling ill and making herself suffer or she would feel even more tortured by her guilt and go crazy.

Since Ryan was going on his honeymoon tomorrow, he definitely would not come back tonight. Therefore, now was the time to taste the suffering of being ill and alone in his apartment.

In fact, she hoped that it was more painful than she expected.

Although the water wasn’t considered too cold in June, it was bone-chillingly cold to Catherine. As

she shuddered a little, she realized that it was not only her body that was cold but her heart.

Taking a shower, she began drenching herself. As if that wasn’t enough because she didn’t feel numb from the feelings, she remembered all the pajamas Ryan had bought for her.

How could she be so worthless as to forget how hateful he was just because of those pajamas? How could she harbor designs on Jas’ love?

Drawing a cold water bath, she soaked herself in it and continued showering with cold water.

At that point, she was so cold that her teeth were chattering and she had goosebumps all over. Of course, that was the best. Better yet, she hoped it would be cold enough to freeze her heart.

Not knowing how long she was lying in a bath of cold water, she realized that the colder she felt, the

warmer her breath was.

Suddenly, her cellphone rang from the bedroom. Getting out of the bathtub and feeling a little dizzy, she forced herself to wipe her body with a towel and stumbled back into the bedroom.

It was her mother. She called to remind her that she cooked dinner and told her to come back with Luca. She almost forgot all about it.

“Why does your throat sound so hoarse, Cath?” Her mother asked over the phone. Only then did she realize how painful her throat was and it was swollen.

“I think I’ve caught a cold,” she replied with a thick nasal voice.

“But you were fine this morning. How did you suddenly catch a cold? Did you turn on the air conditioner when you napped in the afternoon?”

“It’s nothing, Mom. I’ll be fine after drinking some hot water. I don’t feel like moving around today. I’ll bring him back soon okay?”

“Okay. Tell him to take care of you and make you some warm soup. If he doesn’t know how to do, I will send it to you after I make some.”

“There’s no need, Mom. He knows how to do it. He knows how to do everything…” Catherine was so anxious that she began to cough. If her mother came over, everything would be over.

“Fine. Fine. Hang up and go get some water to drink.”

“Um…” Catherine endured it and only coughed after hanging up the phone.

Immediately, she coughed so hard that her face was completely red. Even though she was so thirsty, she didn’t want to drink some water so she

could torture herself even more.

If her throat hurt, her heart wouldn’t hurt.

When her mother asked her how she caught a cold within the day, it occurred to her that life was so changeable. Her world got turned upside down when she saw Ryan appearing at Jas’ wedding.

After coughing for some time, she finally stopped but she kept feeling colder and colder lying on the bed.

“Are you sad, darling?” he asked tenderly.