All Chapters of Weight of Words Untold: Chapter 11

I scanned the area, but there was no sign of her until I noticed a crowd gathered around a flowerbed in the nearby park. Peering through the throng, I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure. It was Veronica. I stumbled toward her, my hands spilling most of the hot drink I had brought, leaving a painful red mark across my palm. Her face was pale, crumpled against the ground as if life had slipped from her. I couldn’t think of anything else; I rushed forward and cradled her in my arms, only to discover her clothes were stained crimson with blood. How could this have happened? A sudden memory struck me—on the day we divorced, after she left, I had found my office trash bin overflowing with used tissues. The cleaning lady had asked if someone was hurt. At that moment, I had been too consumed with thoughts of revenge against Veronica to pay much attention. I just told the cleaning lady to take out the trash.Maybe she had already been sick then… No, that was impossible! I fo