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2024-10-29 19:42:56Leon left the hospital in a hurry, he could not wait to get home and tell his wife about the good news of his miraculous healing. He never wanted to tell her about the tumor because he didn't want her to be worried about him, already she seemed to be displeased by everything he did, he didn't want to add his medical condition to the list.
But as Leon headed home, he figured that maybe it wasn't such a bad thing that she knew about his tumor, maybe it would make her treat him a little better. Thinking of this brought a smile to his face and he could imagine how happy she could be when he finally told her I'd the goodness of his healing.
Although he could not clearly explain what had happened, he believed in the power of the ring, he believed that since he had been healed of all the injuries from the attack and he was recovering so quickly then the brain tumor was gone too, he was happy and wanted to share the news with his wife. As he got home, he pushed open the door in that excitement but the sight of his wife made him stop in his tracks, and his excitement waned.
"Don't bother begging me, Leon," she warned and before Leon could ask what she was talking about, she tossed sheets of paper at him.
Leon bent to pick it up, they weren't just papers, they were divorce documents he looked closely at the bottom, it had already been signed by her.
"What? Divorce?" He asked in disbelief, he could not believe that his wife wanted to divorce him, especially after finding out that he was sick.
"I told you not to beg me, Leon, I am not going to change my mind, just sign the bloody papers!" She snapped at him.
Leon was stunned, he looked at her, there was no trace of humor in her eyes, she was serious, her stare cold, her tone final. "Is this about the brain tumor?" He asked, unable to believe that his wife would just up and leave him like that.
"I guess that's the last straw I needed to leave, I've had enough of your troubles, I can't add a disease to it." She replied coldly.
Leon frowned at her, looking back at the divorce papers in his hand and back to her, "And what if I told you that the tumor isn't there anymore?" He asked.
His wife snickered and said that he was lying to change her mind, "And do you think I'm so stupid to believe that you went ahead and got surgery?" She asked, glaring at him, "I don't see any bandages on your head, Leon, and even if you wanted to get surgery done, how could it be diagnosed and treated on the same day? Do you think I'm foolish enough to believe that?"
Leon sighed, he could not explain to her that the ring had mysteriously healed him and the tumor was gone. "I don't have the tumo__"
"Save your lies, Leon! I have had enough of it." She snapped and held her hand up in his face.
"All I've gotten from this marriage is disappointment and worry and stress!" She yelled, angry and frustrated.
Leon couldn't find the right words to say, his lips felt as heavy as the divorce papers felt in his hands.
"You want to do this? You want to throw away everything we have__"
"Oh please!" She retorted, "Cut the crab, there's nothing that I'm throwing away but the poverty and sickness that you obviously want to burden me with," she replied coldly.
"And I have told you that I'm no longer sick!" He insisted but she just rolled her eyes, "What if I told you that I don't have the tumor, would you still divorce me?" He asked.
"Yes! Bloody yes!" She snapped and got even closer to him, baring her teeth at him as she spoke, "I am sick and tired of your useless life, first you can't even take care of this family, you are poor and you have made me live in that pathetic situation with you." She snapped.
"I try my best for this family and you know it, I had a job and__"
"Had! Did you hear yourself?" She asked and then laughed at him, "That right, you had a job and now it's gone, you are going to be poor and wretched, where will you get money from to get medical help for the tumor? Huh?! You can't even feed yourself and now you're getting sick too?" She snapped at him and shook her head, "I can't do this."
"You are talking like I chose to be sick like it's my fault I ha_"
"I don't bloody care whose fault it is, I know you don't have the money to take care of me and you talk more of coming up with enough money for the surgery, you're going to die in poverty and I refuse to be there when that happens!" She said as she yanked at the papers in his hands aggressively, "You better sign these! I won't be a part of your miserable life, Leon, like it or not, I'm leaving." His wife said firmly.
Leon looked at her face again, it was clear that she'd made up her mind, "I will make sure you don't spend a dime of my money on that stupid treatment, sign the divorce papers, I don't have time for this nonsense, I can't keep living in misery just to please you." She snapped.
Leon looked at her, he was disgusted at her behavior, he could not believe that she was the woman he'd married, the one he'd promised to spend forever with, leaving him because she believed he had a brain tumor.
"Fine, if this is truly what you want," Leon said calmly and signed the divorce papers without any hesitation.
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