"Is this all true?"
Una's heart was broken.
She might have guessed something before she got out, but she didn't expect these things to be even crueler.
How could this be?
Her best friend Lillian never came back. Una thought that Lillian had settled down and did not want to have anything to do with Una. So Una tried not to think about and ask about Lillian. However, she did not expect that Lillian would have a daughter with her beloved man.
Una knew that she shouldn't care. After all, she was not even able to do the most basic thing as a woman. She couldn't let Elvis be a monk for the rest of his life, but why was it Lillian?
Why?
Her best friend slept with her beloved one and had a child. Now the child was all grown up, yet she had always been in the dark.
She felt as if someone had suddenly stabbed her with a knife. She was covered in blood, yet she couldn't do anything but suffer from the extreme pain.
Una grabbed her collar and stared straight at Elvis.
Elvis almost collapsed.
"It's not what you think, Una. I don't love her. She's the one who crawled into my bed. I was drunk at that time. And I've already punished her. She has had a miserable life for many years. It's the price she must pay."
Hearing Elvis' words, Una wailed miserably.
"How could you do this? How could you? If Lillian likes you, you can tell me. You totally deserve it. But why did you torture her like that? Why did you do such cruel things to your child? Elvis, that's your own child! No matter who her mother is, her father is still you! Do you know how much I wish I could have your child! Even if that woman is not me, I will still wish you happiness. But why did you lie to me? Why did you treat Lillian like that? "
Una cried her heart out.
Nicole, on the other hand, showed no sympathy at all.
She sneered, "Don't play dumb. You already know what Elvis did for your condition, don't you? Can't you tell those scientists were forced? Don't you expect a good result of those researches? You've tried to maintain your innocence, but you want it to work more than anybody. You ignore what Elvis might have done in the name of love. You are literally a phony, a fake!
Una's mask of innocence cracked.
She bit her lower lip, weeping pitifully. It almost broke Elvis' heart.
He knelt down and said painfully, "Nicole, let Una go. I know you want me. Just let her go, and I will go with you."
"No! No!"
Una shook her head fiercely.
"What did you do? Why do they want you? Isn't Nicole your daughter-in-law? Isn't Samuel your son? Why?"
Una suddenly turned around and clutched Nicole's hand.
"Can't you let him go? Everything he did was for me. If someone has to pay the price, it must be me. I'm a terrible person. Elvis did so many wrong things for me. You can take me away."
"Una!"
Elvis wanted to come over. But Nicole directly picked up the wine bottle beside her, smashed it and put a piece of glass against Una's neck.
"Nobody move! And stop acting in front of me. I won't buy it. And I won't do anything irrational out of sympathy. Elvis, why don't we make a bet? If I collapse from blood loss before Samuel arrives, you may win. If Samuel arrives in time, then sorry, I win."
Hearing that, Una cried.
"No, Ms. Nicole, I beg you. Please spare his life."
"Spare him? Did he spare me? Did he spare my husband? Did he spare my mom? What about Petty and Lillian? And those scientists? How could you say that when so many people have been ruined by him? Don't you want to face the truth, Una?"
Nicole's words left Una speechless.
"Is it only when I die can you dispel your resentment? Then I will die! As long as you let Elvis go!"
As Una spoke, she threw herself at that piece of glass.
"Una! No!"
Elvis' heart missed a beat.
Startled by Una's move, Nicole hurriedly drew back. After all, she didn't mean to take Una's life.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Don't Try to Escape, My Wife!
The book is slow....too many words are wasted to explain...need a better translator.......
God I want to read the book but it's freaking annoying, Samuel Green, Nicole Bush, Lucas Bush, Jacob Brown in every line.....I hope this author grows...the book would have been okay but it's affecting my mood...
Does the author have write the full names of the characters all the time...it's annoying...we are reading the book, we know their surnames already.......
What is it with Chinese authors. The characters are slow, he finally opened his mouth, it took him so long just to say two words...the house keeper would have put the person out before he even spoke....is this really how people are over there..the characters are always lost in thought, they might as well live in their heads.....
What is it with Chinese authors. The characters are slow, he finally opened his mouth, it took him so long just to say two words...the house keeper would have put the person out before he even spoke....is this really how people are over there..the characters are always lost in thought, they might as well live in their heads.....
She left for 5 years to come back emotionally stupid. wow what's up author...
She's questioning his brain, her brain is broken. How easily she keeps forgetting her own kids for a man, especially her sick daughter shame then kid might as well die huh...