- After trying on dresses, Elijah went to pay.
- The clerk informed him that his card was
- frozen.
- His face changed; he checked his phone.
- Someone informed him that Hayes
- Corporation had gone bankrupt.
- upu
- He had lost everything.
- I remembered a previous crisis at Hayes.
- Corporation.
- Elijah had been distraught; I’d used my points
- to help him.
- But this time, I wouldn’t.
- I would never forget him pushing me away.
- “I’m sorry.”
- “Mary, let’s come back another time.”
- It was the first time I saw him so distraught.
- Even the stoic spiritual leader could be
- vulnerable.
- I said nothing, letting him lead me out.
- But we ran into people demanding wages,
- others throwing fruit peels at us.
- Elijah protected me.
- But there were too many people.
- They swarmed us; he shielded me.
- He was hit with fruit peels and eggshells.
- He didn’t resist.
- <
- His rosary broke, but he didn’t care; he just
- held me tight.
- He said, “Mary, I won’t let anything happen to
- you.”
- He was disheveled, covered in filth.
- I thought, if he had loved me earlier…
- I wouldn’t have lost my emotions; I wouldn’t
- have to leave.
After Eight Years of Courting the Disabled Monk’s Son Chapter 13
After Eight Years of Courting the Disabled Monk’s Son Chapter 13
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After Eight Years of Courting the Disabled Monk’s Son English Novel
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