NovelEnglishWhen they were gone, Waylen walked in and closed the door behind him.
Then he took a seat across from Mark.
Mark sighed and asked him, “Do you happen to have any cigarettes on you?”
Waylen hesitated for a moment. Then without a word, he reached into his pocket and brought out a cigarette pack, pulled out a stick and gave it to Mark.
The last time Mark smoked was nearly six months ago.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHis hands trembled as he lit the cigarette.
After taking his first drag, he looked at Waylen and asked, “The test result is not looking very good, is it?”
Waylen didn’t say anything in response.
And it was impossible to fathom anything from his face either.
But his silence was enough for Mark to conclude that the result was really not good.
He took a long drag on his cigarette, and then stubbed it out.
Looking at the silent man in front of him, he said in a hoarse voice, “Waylen, since I was a child, I’ve always believed that every bullet has its billet. But still, I can’t bear to part with them.”
The thought of parting with Cecilia, Edwin and his unborn child was too much for Mark to bear.
He just couldn’t allow himself to die and leave them behind.
“Of course you won’t die,” Waylen calmly assured him.
His reason for saying this was because Mark hadn’t paid Cecilia what he owed her. Whether or not they could be together, the children were his responsibility. Just because he gave her some money didn’t mean he had finished fulfilling all of his responsibilities as a father.
Waylen was no sentimentalist.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmAfter telling Mark what he had come to tell him, he simply stood up and left.
Mark sat there in silence all alone. After a while, he looked around the house and he couldn’t help but shiver.
ALL the beautiful memories he and Cecilia shared were made here.
During that half a year they spent together, it was like they were in heaven.
But now, it seemed as if it all happened a lifetime ago.
The half-smoked cigarette on the table was quite tempting, but Mark was determined not to smoke it anymore.
He wanted to live long enough to see his baby born.
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