Divorce me I'm done serving you (Ayla) novel Chapter 817

Kaleb had completely given in.

Even if it meant pain, he was willing to give it all.

If staying away hurts and getting close hurts, then he'd rather be close.

But Bria never showed up.

After wrecking his birthday, it felt like she'd walked out of his life for good, like that stunt had been her final act, the curtain call on whatever they had.

But that wasn't the truth.

Bria had planned to find Kaleb, make a scene right in front of him, and then lock him up. She couldn't stand the days when he didn't care about her anymore.

Even if things blew up and the elders in the family got involved, she didn't care.

But right at that moment, Bria got a call.

Shirley had gone on a hunger strike to protest being locked in the house. By the time they found her, she'd already collapsed on the floor. The doctor said she'd been unconscious for a full day. If they'd found her any later, her life would've been in serious danger.

The news hit Bria like a shock. She had no choice but to abandon her plan to take Kaleb and rushed to the hospital to see Shirley.

As she drove, her hands wouldn't stop shaking. Just thinking about what she might see when she got there filled her with fear.

She pulled over to the side of the road and took out her phone to call Renee.

"Come find me. Now.” Bria enunciated each word sharply.

The moment Renee heard her tone, she knew something was seriously wrong. She quickly tried to calm her down. "Stay where you are. I'm coming right now.”

After hanging up, Bria's fingers went limp. The phone slipped from her hand and rolled somewhere inside the car.

Suddenly, she couldn't breathe. Her grip tightened around the steering wheel, the veins on the back of her hands standing out.

She hadn't been doing well lately. At one point, she'd even thought about giving up and going back to the carefree life she used to live.

For the first time, she started to question herself. Can forcing someone to stay by my side, making sure they lack nothing materially, still end up hurting them this badly?

Otherwise, why would Shirley go on a hunger strike, push herself so far that she collapsed from starvation? It takes incredible willpower for a person to resist hunger. Just how much does Shirley not want to stay with me to go to such extremes?

Shirley has already reached the point of rejecting me completely. The damage I've caused runs so deep. What's the point of continuing to keep Shirley locked up?

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