James: The light in my darkness

CHAPTER:4

Then we don't swim for decades, even if we end up in water again, we’ll still float. You may think you forgot it all, but your body remembers.

You may think you forgot how to do it, but your heart remembers once you get into it, says Ezekiel. But this isn't swimming, replied James. Ofcourse, it is. Being in love isn't special.

It's strange, isn't it? We get married because we're in love, so why does that love disappear? Says James.

As a divorce attorney, I think the problem is that marriage is exclusive. Couples don't find the need to try, so they get disappointed and fight. Then they come to me. Marriage just makes it impossible to stay in love. Replied Ezekiel.

-Do you think so? Asked James.

-I think it's best not to marry if you want to be in love for a long time.

Mabel's Aunt Joyce crying after fighting with one of her ex husbands on his wedding day with another woman. Ma'am you have blood… says James

It's not mine. Where? On your cheek he replied. You shouldn't do this when you're on probation. You could get aggravated punishment for assault and defamation.

Defamation? What I've done so far to those cheaters is far from that. Should I show you what true defamation is like? You could be behind bars until you're 60 if you do that. Will that be okay? I’ve settled with their attorney. How much did she ask? Do you want to know? Forget it. It’ll be enough to build a pool in their house. You shouldn't have done that.Do you still resent them?

Do you smoke? Asked Joyce trying to change the topic. I quit, James replied. Because I do, says Joyce,I learned how to smoke because all my ex- husbands cheated on me.You can't smoke here, let's go.

Go? Where? damn it. I was dying to get out of jail.but now that I'm out, there's no way to go. You should go home, the chairman is waiting for you.

Joyce,I heard you didn't eat all day, says her dad the chairman. What's it to you if I starve to death or not? You put me behind bars because you didn't care. Gosh,it wasn't me who did that. You assaulted an innocent woman,so you were punished for your actions, says her dad. I see, the woman who killed mom and became the madam of the house is completely innocent.

She's not the madam of the house, she's not in our family register. All I did was gently grab her by the hair,but I'm the sinner here. You can't say it was gentle when her disc slipped. Exactly! So mind your own business and let me die for slipping her disc!, hey Joyce, you have the wrong idea about her.

Rachel doesn't want anything from us. She's not interested in fortune or becoming family. That's even scarier, replied Joyce. What grand plane could she be scheming to live with you and not want anything? You're just a geezer with tons of money!

Hey! Hey! Yeld her dad

Gosh! I wonder when she will wise up. I shouldn't have hope since she's already in her fifties, right? Don't let it bother you. By the way I know I am not a match for you but you're not focused on the game at all, says Rachel.

What do you mean? Asked the chairman.

-Goodness.

Staring at the board won't help. You need to see the bigger picture. You're right. You’ll get caught if you run away in fear. But if you try to catch the tiger without being prepared you’ll lose everything.

Goodness.

This is why the chest can teach you life lessons, says the chairman.

Rachel laughed. I took over your palace. Where will the king flee to? Check mate says Rachel.

Did you see this coming? Or were you just lucky? I'm not sure, you need to grant me a favor since you lost. What is it? I will tell you when I have one.

Honey, did you see that? I think I just saw a shooting star. I didn't know I could see them in

You dreamed of shooting stars before having Mabel. Did I? You were excited because you thought you’ll be having a baby girl. Am not sure. I don't quite remember. Honey, don't be so harsh on Mabel. What did I do? How long will you let your past haunt you? You should let go and move on.

That's what you said back then. Your father didn't want any issues,so you obliged. I still don't understand why Gabriel had to die. It was just an accident,no one is to blame. You are right. It's no one's fault, but Gabriel is gone. I'm still upset and in pain every single day.

To others…

To you, it's just a past event. But I relive that moment every day. I'm haunted by the day when I lost my child,So don't expect me to be reasonable. Mabel was eavesdropping at her parents' conversation, she was touched by her mother's choice of words.

Why hasn't she come home yet? Is she really sick? She has great stamina. Remembering what the doctor said about her chances of survival is very low,but also remember that miracles do happen in cases like her. So James later fell asleep forgetting to wait for Mabel until she returned. Mabel comes in and sees James deeply asleep on his laptop desks, she wakes him up to sleep on the bed and she leaves for her room.

The next morning James rushed into Mabel's room to check if she's still alive, because he was seriously worried about her last night.Mabel open her eyes an see James touching her to see if she's breathing,she asked him what's the problems,and he replied her saying;I come to give you a morning kiss.

James. Mabel called, to be honest I suspected you. What? Says James.