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BEATRICE:

I held my hand in an attempt to touch him, but stopped mid-air. After being separated from them for a couple of years, I find it awkward to deal with him and even some members of my family. Speaking of them, would I be ready to face them or not in the near future?

“Everette…”

He did not answer, but his tears kept on silently falling.

"What happened to your wife?" I asked out of concern. Even if our friendship fell out, I was not that heartless to desire harm to her. Despite the betrayal, Christina still mattered to me. “Everette. Your problems will not be solved if you keep on acting like that,” I reminded. “Tell me what’s wrong so that we will help solve it.”

His lips quivered.

For the first time in my life, I saw Everette's tears fall.

My body went cold.

Did something happen to his wife?

"Hey. You’re making me nervous, Everette. Tell me what’s wrong, Everette. What happened to your wife?" I asked. Christina was the only one who was capable of making her cry. No one els