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“Let’s head upstairs for the treatment,” Shaun said before heading toward the stairs.
Cate bit her lip as she saw the two silhouettes disappear up the spiral staircase.
Sarah was undoubtedly a sly woman. With a few words, she made it seem like Cate did not care about Shaun’s condition just because of her jealousy.
Cate waited in the living room the whole time since the session started.
About 40 minutes later, the sound of objects being smashed and a woman’s screaming suddenly came from upstairs.
She rushed to the source of the commotion right away, only to find that the room was locked from the inside.
“Aunty Yasmine, get the keys,” she ordered without hesitation.
The housekeeper scrambled down the stairs anxiously to get the key. Just when she was about to unlock the door, it opened from the inside. Shaun, who was only wearing long pants, looked flustered as he rushed out of the room while carrying Sarah in his arms. The woman’s head was bleeding and there was a rope burn around her neck.
“What happened?” Cate asked, shocked.
Shaun was about to explain when Sarah suddenly groaned in pain.
“It’s fine. I’ll bring you to the hospital now.” He gently comforted her. Without even looking at Cate, he rushed out of the house with Sarah still in his arms.
The massive villa suddenly turned pin-drop silent. Cate felt a shudder running down her spine.
She looked inside the messy room. The tables and chairs had been kicked over. She had seen him before when he had a relapse. He must be feeling extremely bad after regaining his consciousness only to find he had harmed Sarah.
“Young Madam…” Aunty Yasmine looked at her worriedly.
“I’m fine. Find out which hospital she’s being sent to. I’ll go visit her,” Cate said.
20 minutes later, she was told that they were at Chester’s hospital.
Elle dropped her off right away.
Cate heard Shaun’s tender voice as soon as she approached the door. “Stay still.”
“It’s fine. It’s just a minor scratch.”
“A minor scratch? I know how aggressive I can be during a relapse. Why didn’t you tell me beforehand that the treatment might be dangerous?”
“It doesn’t matter. I don’t mind getting slightly hurt if it means curing your condition.”
“Sarah…”
“Alright, you don’t have to say anything. I don’t deserve you but I hope you can have a normal life. Studying medicine is no fun but you’re the motivation that kept me going forward. Please let me cure your illness. I want you to have a happy life.”
“I’m sorry… Sarah…”
The man’s deep voice was filled with regret and frustration.
Cate could not hear another word of it. She was about to push the door open when a hand suddenly pulled her away.
She looked over her shoulder to find Rodney’s indifferent face staring at her. “Let’s chat.”
He led her to a quiet corridor and lit up a cigarette before sitting on the steps. The smoke that escaped his lips highlighted the loneliness in his eyes.
“If you’re asking me to step down from my position for Sarah, then I’m sorry, but I’ll not agree to that,” Cate said coldly.
“You must’ve heard it earlier. Sarah has not stopped loving Shaun and he still cares about her,” Rodney replied, sounding annoyed. “But things turned out this way because of you.”
Cate laughed sarcastically. “Why didn’t Sarah come home earlier if she wasn’t dead? How is it my fault that her man is married when she was the one who returned late?”
“It’s not that she didn’t want to come home but she felt undeserving of Shaun. It’s because she…” Rodney’s eyes welled up. “You have no idea what she has been through.”
“I don’t and I don’t plan to.” Her lips twitched.
He glared back. “Cate, how can you be this cold-blooded?”
“…”
She was speechless. “I know you love Sarah but please don’t use that to hurt others. You want me to be sympathetic to her? Sure, but what about my marriage and my children? Who’s going to pity me?”
“Do you know how they met?”
He took a long puff of the cigarette. “Shaun met Sarah when he was sent to the mental hospital. That’s right, she wasn’t ill but she was sent there by the Neeson family nonetheless. His condition gradually turned better with her positivity and kindness. She was like his sunshine during a gloomy day. It was also because of him that I got to know Sarah. She’s a really good person. Even when they weren’t studying in the same school, she wrote him encouraging letters every day from primary school till after they grew up and became successful in life. She’s accompanied him for 20 years.
“Right, you’re married to Shaun but that was when he thought she was dead. He’s a responsible man, not to mention now that you’re pregnant. Do you think it’s nice to be sandwiched in between them?”
Every word that came out from Rodney’s mouth pierced through Cate’s heart like sharp knives.
She had no idea that the two of them had met in the mental hospital.
“Sarah studied medicine because of Shaun. She’s dedicating her whole life to him,” he said coldly. “Why can’t you give them your blessing?”
She laughed sarcastically. “Who will give me and my children blessings then?”
She turned around to push the heavy wooden door. “Rodney, you can’t make someone miserable simply because you love Sarah. Your values are crooked because of that woman. A person like you should never get married so as to not hurt others.”
Instead of going back to the hospital ward, she walked in the other direction and left the hospital.
Cate walked along the roadside for a long time. Shaun called when her feet were beginning to feel sore. “Elle said you came to the hospital. Where are you? Why don’t I see you?”
“I left,” she replied flatly, “When are you coming home?”
“Cate, sorry. Sarah is injured because of me and Thomas still isn’t here. I might stay for a bit longer…”
“Yup, it’s fine.”
She hung up the phone and headed to Mireya’s house.
The latter was packing her suitcase.
“You’re leaving soon?”
“Yup, next month. I haven’t gotten the visa yet though. I’m planning to deliver all this stuff back to Melbourne.”
Mireya looked at her friend’s pale face in concern. “What’s the matter?”
“Nothing. I’m just exhausted.” Cate hugged her friend and tears flowed down her cheeks uncontrollably. “You’re leaving soon. It seems like everyone in this unfamiliar city sees me as the enemy. I’m afraid I can’t hold on for much longer.”
“What if… I stay?” Mireya said through gritted teeth.
“No, forget it. You can’t help me even if you stay.” Cate wiped her tears with the back of her hands. “It’s just that so much has happened lately. Sarah has started to make her moves. Shaun says he’s not going to get back together with her but I know that he still cares about her.”
Mireya sighed at the sight of the struggling woman. “Cate, I know you’re trying to save your marriage because of the children but it seems like the effort is one-sided. It’s going to wear you out. Why don’t you just take a break?”
“Mireya…”
Mireya frowned. “All these years of being with Patrick have taught me something. A truly good man won’t leave you no matter how scheming other women are. If you’re the only one working hard to sustain the marriage all the time, then it’ll still crumble sooner or later.”
Cate appeared startled.
Mireya patted her on the shoulder. “There are too many women in this world who are willing to become homewreckers, not to mention Shaun is the wealthiest man in Australia. Countless women would love to throw themselves all over him and it’s up to him to know when to keep a distance from them. Just let things happen naturally. After all, it’s not worth treasuring someone who can easily walk away from you.”
“That sounds… right.”
“It is right. Let me treat you to dinner tonight.”
“Sure.”
She went back to the manor after dinner but Shaun still had not returned.
The massive manor felt especially empty with just her alone.
That night, the memories of Shaun leaving the manor with Sarah in his arms kept flooding into her mind as she lay down on the bed.
She also recalled Shaun and Sarah’s conversation at the hospital earlier today.