He broke my heart now his body would pay the price novel - Chapter 15

Chapter 15 Chapter 15 38 Charley's heart surged with hope. His voice trembled as he rushed out, "Mr. Huynh-please, you know where Erma is, don't you? Just tell me-please…" But the voice on the other end stayed calm-and cut him off coldly, "Charley, I only answered to say this: "after what you did a few days ago, there's no way I'm telling you anything about Erma or Mr. Diaz. "So don't bother asking." Charley's panic rose. "I swear-I won't interfere with her treatment.

I just… "I just need to know she's okay. I'm really worried about her. "Her heart isn't in great shape-I once heard her telling a doctor she often feels like she can't breathe." Marlin's tone darkened. "I've seen her medical file. Her heart is fine. "What's causing her shortness of breath is something else-severe, recurring depression. It's been going on for years." Charley instinctively pushed back. "No… that can't be right.

"She's been doing fine these last few years-there's no way she has some kind of mental illness- But halfway through, his voice faltered. Had she really been "fine"? He thought back over the past seven years. Erma had always seemed hollow, listless. Her face pale, her eyes dull, as if nothing in the world could reach her. She barely spoke anymore. She stopped caring about him altogether. When he blamed her or lashed out, she just looked at him with that blank, emotionless expression.

Even when they fought-and it was rare-she'd always fall silent in the end, like she didn't have the strength to argue back. He had always assumed she was sick. Physically sick. That was why he'd wanted Marlin to take a look at her. But he'd never really stopped to consider that what she was dealing with wasn't physical at all. It was emotional. Psychological. Then Marlin's voice came again, low and heavy. "Post-traumatic stress disorder. Major depression. "It started seven years ago.

"She never told you-because she didn't want to add to your pain. She knew you were already grieving your parents. She didn't want to make it worse." He paused. "Charley… did it ever cross your mind that she lost them too? That she was hurting just as much?" The voice on the other end started to fade, growing more distant, but every word hit like a blow. 88% 38 Chapter 15 "You dumped all your pain and anger onto her. "But what about her?