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XXXVI. The Big Decision
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2020-12-06 16:16:53"We need to talk," Jason said in a serious voice as he stood by her door.
"About what?" She asked rudely.
"We should come out so we don't wake Theo," he said and Rhea came out of the room, closing the door carefully behind herself.
"So what do you want to talk about?" She asked again and Jason looked so resigned that she felt pity for him, but the pity quickly dissolved into anger when she remembered what he did to her.
"The divorce, is it really what you want?" He asked and she was shocked, she hadn't expected him to ask that.
She didn't really know what to think about the question, she wanted the divorce, at least that was what she thought she wanted and so she gave him a stiff nod.
Jason seemed disappointed by her answer as he swallowed. "Well if it is what you want, I will grant you your wish," he said his voice sounding low and defeated.
Rhea would be
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