I Quit Being a StepMother Novel

wyer felt his scalp go numb as he said the words . How much courage would that have taken? A person , on their own , basically couldn't bite through their tongue to die . Their survival instinct would make anyone who tried loosen their jaw at the point of the worst pain . Sawyer went to the psychiatric hospital . When he got there , he found Kate's room full of people . Cynthia , Liora , and Kate's former close friends were there . Even Rhea was present . Kate lay alone on the hospital bed , already lifeless . There was still the faintest trace of blood on her lips .

At Sawyer's arrival , Madison frowned and said in a low voice , " The doctor checked and found that she bit her tongue in half . " The caregiver's face was chalk - white . " I came by to check on her . She didn't make a sound at all ! " She wondered just how much control that must have taken to keep the blood from flowing and to keep quiet . Just like that , without a sound , Kate had bitten her tongue and ended her life . No one dared imagine it . Even Lauren , who was hiding behind Rhea , was stunned . She couldn't believe how ruthless Kate was , even to herself .

Sawyer walked in a tight fist . over , his gaze sweeping from Kate's head to her toes . She still clutched their marriage certificate Madison turned to the others who had come to see Kate and said , " Let's step out for now . " Everyone filed out . Liora's eyes were a bit red . Although she hated how calculative Kate had been , they'd still grown up together . She never imagined that in her final hour , Kate would ask her for help . If she had known Kate intended to kill herself ... Inside the room , Sawyer had to use some force to pry the marriage certificate from Kate's hand .

He sat in the chair he'd occupied last time , the certificate in his hands . A sheet of paper was attached to it . The writing on it was crooked and shaky , and every stroke was a mess . It must've been something Kate had written after losing her sight . She couldn't see anymore , so the penmanship was sloppy . Sawyer remembered that Kate used to have beautiful handwriting . He stared at the paper for a long time , barely able to piece together the message . The first word he recognized easily - it was his name . The gist of the message was , " Sawyer , being a widower sounds awful .

Sign the agreement whenever , and then you'll just be divorced . I'm really , really sorry . " There seemed to be a few more words at the bottom . Sawyer could tell that Kate had tried to write " I love you " , 1/2 but she had scribbled it out . Her strokes weren't accurate , probably because she couldn't see her writing . But Sawyer could still make them out . He gazed at the paper for a long , long time . Outside , the others waited for just as long . When they finally saw Sawyer come out , he didn't say anything . He just turned and left .

Only Rhea noticed that his eyes were red - rimmed . She couldn't judge whether Kate was worthy of love , but she knew that every human had feelings . Before everything fell apart , Sawyer and Kate had been together for a long time . Could anyone come away from that without habits or attachments ? Back home , Sawyer sat alone on the couch , smoking a cigarette . He didn't cry or show any outward grief . But for some reason , he kept seeing flashes of Kate .

He saw her scrubbing the floor on her knees , her hair in disarray as she brewed tea , and how she rushed off to the next room with a toilet brush . He saw her grappling with chickens in the chicken coop , standing on a chair to wipe the floor - to - ceiling windows ... One scene after another kept replaying in his mind . Sawyer looked at the marriage certificate again . A photo had been attached to it , and the part with his face was already blurred . It showed the mark of someone's fingers having stroked it countless times . Did Kate love him ? He didn't know , nor did he want to know .

He didn't care , either . Sara Lili Sara Lili is a daring romance writer who turns icy landscapes into scenes of fiery passion. She loves crafting hot love stories while embracing the chill of Iceland's breathtaking cold.