Molly began crying again, feeling empty inside. In her mind, the word 'divorce' kept popping up. Even though that's what she said she's always wanted for a long time, now that it was really here, she realized she really didn't want it.
Meanwhile, Richie and Eric stood in the corridor just looking at the mess and Molly who was crying. Both of their faces were unreadable.
"Brian's going too far," Eric mumbled angrily, clenching his teeth. He ran after Brian wanting to know what the hell he was doing.
"Molly, you should stop crying because your eyes... Well, won't it hurt your eyes?" Shirley was so worried because Molly had been crying too much these past few days that it might damage her eyes again. And when Brian finally recovered, she didn't want Brian to find that her wife had gone blind again.
Molly couldn't hear anything at the moment. From dropping tears in silence to sobbing, choking, and then... Suddenly, she felt dizzy so she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She opened her eyes and found that she was still dizzy—her world had seemingly turned upside down in front of her own eyes. Then suddenly, everything went dark and she fell in a heap.
Shirley dismally looked at Molly who was lying on the bed. "Richie," she said as she turned around to look at Richie who was sitting on the sofa and asked, a bit peeved, "Can you be honest to me right now? Did Brian really get amnesia?"
"What do you think?" Richie said, throwing back her question to her.
"Of course not! What are you talking about?" Shirley said angrily with gritted teeth. "He loves Molly. I refuse to believe that he would forget her just like that," she said, getting angrier by the second.
"Well, you also didn't recognize me before..." Richie said slowly.
Shirley rolled her eyes and said, "Richie, we're talking about Brian and Molly now. Can you stop bringing up the past? This isn't the time or place for that!"
Richie grinned at her, got up, and pulled her over to his side. He glanced at Molly and said, "Well, we can't know for sure."
Shirley looked at Richie doubtfully. She didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Shirley," Richie looked at her and said, "Whether or not Brian really did get amnesia, I really don't think they should be together anymore."
"What do you mean?" Shirley was stunned. She was so anxious to hear what Richie was going to say that her heart was beating so rapidly.
Richie's eyes were dimmed as he spoke gently, sighing, "What happened to Wing and Brian getting amnesia now should be enough reason for them to get a divorce! If they stay together, sooner or later, something like this is going to happen again."
Shirley's heart sank when Richie mentioned Wing, "But I just want them to be happy." 'Even if the whole incident with Wing didn't happen now, something similar would've still happened sooner or later. We're all very aware of the situation. And because we all know that, we cherish each day we spend with her. And Brian, well, we know what he's gone through and now, he knows exactly what he wants...' Richie kept his thoughts to himself because he didn't want to worry Shirley anymore.
"But because of who Brian is, he's actually really not allowed to be with Molly." Richie said slowly, "And if Brian really did get amnesia, to be frank, I'm happy for him. At least he won't get hurt when they do divorce." 'But if it's not true, Brian's surely hurting right now and no one else would be able to understand what he's going through, ' but again Richie kept his thoughts to himself.
"But I stayed with you! How came they can't be together?" Shirley argued.
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