The ambiguity created by his words immediately attracted the attention of all three of them, and they turned their attention to Esther one after another.
"Why are you looking at me? I didn't lie, I liked that boy but he took him from me!" Esther said it all anxiously.
"You buy boys?" Ethel was speechless, "It turns out that you bought the boy, I knew it, Elijah can't be gay!"
"Oh my God!" Lilah was also astonished. "Can’t believe that you are so open, you even dare to play with Boys! My God, Is it fun?"
Winnie was even more dazed. She thought Esther was a very simple girl, but she didn't expect...
"You all misunderstood, I bought the boy because I felt sorry for him!" Esther's eyes widened, she didn't expect the situation to turn on her. She once again realized what it meant to dig a hole for herself. "I want to save that person, okay? It was not to use him, that person had a bit of a fairy style, but unfortunately that guy was bought by my sister Elijah, I didn't know where they went!"
Damn Elijah, he never had to speak much to create an atmosphere of ambiguity and embarrassment for her.
For a moment, the three of them turned their eyes to Elijah again.
"Did you really buy that Boy?" Ethel asked.
Elijah was silent, but stared at Esther, watching her having a good time, his eyes were burning and full of danger.
"Why are you staring at me?" Esther said grimly.
"Esther, was Elijah at the G Bar when you went?" Ethel asked curiously.
"Yeah!"
"Elijah, what were you doing there?"
"Elijah, did you really?" Winnie shook her head in disbelief.
Esther saw that the situation had changed again, and it seemed that they had begun to guess about Elijah's orientation. Her eyes moved cleverly with a little proud.
Elijah watched Esther quietly and smiled, looking at her proudly gloating look, it was extremely cute, "Is the little woman angry? It's all my fault that last night I was too..."
"What happened last night?" Ethel became even more curious when he heard Elijah's words.
Elijah suddenly stopped talking, but his pause successfully drew everyone's curiosity.
"Yeah! What's the matter?" Lilah also asked, looking curious.
A hint of surprise flashed in Winnie's eyes. If Elijah had something to do with Esther, or if it was as written in the newspaper, then she wouldn't have to worry.
Esther frowned, suddenly losing her appetite. "I'm full, I'm going out for some fresh air!"
"I'm full too, I'll go with you!" Winnie also turned around, and walked out of the room with Esther.
"If you got something to say, just say it!" Esther knew she had something to say, otherwise she wouldn't have followed her.
"You and my brother?" Winnie looked at her, "I know what you said just now was not true, at least my brother is not gay, I am pretty sure. Esther, what is your relationship with him? Is it like it is written in the newspaper ?"
"What do you hope our relationship is going to be?" Esther was bitter, after joking around, she suddenly felt tired, she didn't win against him. It seemed that she always lost to him.
Elijah was her grievance! She had been unlucky since she met him.
"I hope it is like how it's written in the papers!" Winnie answered calmly.
Esther was speechless, the newspaper said she was Elijah's wife.
If you've slept together, then you are, right? She thought.
"Esther, do you know? I am jealous of you, jealous that Hudson loves you! So, I hope more than anyone else that what is written in the newspaper is true."
Esther was stunned, Winnie's tone was very sad, Esther felt sad just to hear, "Is Hudson not good to you?"
Winnie laughed at herself, "I am a failure that can't keep his heart. So, Esther, please, leave him, okay? Don't give him any more hope, let him give up, I love him, if I can't have him I won't survive!"
"How could he not love you, how could he marry you if he doesn't love you?" Esther smiled faintly.
"I don't know!" Winnie shook her head with a chuckle, but couldn't stop the faint sorrow that had piled up in her eyes. "But I love him, so much that it hurts!"
"You?" Esther was stunned for a while, staring at the beautiful face of Winnie that was full of sorrow—she could not survive, did she really love him so deeply?
Esther asked herself, she loved Hudson, but she didn't seem to have to die without him. Was it because she didn't love him enough?
Suddenly, a thunder sounded through the evening sky, followed by a storm.
On the first floor.
Elijah asked for an umbrella at the restaurant counter. He hadn't forgotten the scar on her back. It could not be soaked in water. If it was soaked again, her back would definitely have even more scars.
Holding the umbrella, he was looking coldly at the thin figure hiding in the corner with her arms around her shoulders, the wind blew her clothes, and the hazy rain gave her a kind of feeling as if she would fly away with the wind. For a moment, she actually gave him such a fragile feeling.
Seeing her getting wet by the rain, and wiping her tears made Elijah's heart tighten as he strode over.
But she couldn't finish wiping her tears, the sadness came from her heart, bit by bit swallowing the broken and desperate heart, Esther took a deep breath, showing a strong smile, and then rushed into the rain.
"Esther!" Elijah quickly chased after her, but in the rain, a car suddenly stopped, the door opened in an instant, and a person got out of the car with an umbrella.
Elijah stayed for a while and saw Hudson. He got out of the car with the umbrella and walked towards Esther. Elijah's eyes lowered, looking at the sudden appearance of Hudson, his deep gaze shot straight over, silent and cold. His black eyes had a trace of anger, and a cold aura spread from the whole body, his fists were clenched on the sides as he strode into the rain, and walked towards Esther and Hudson...
In the heavy rain.
Esther raised her head blankly, and faced a big black umbrella. It was black, as was her mood, without a trace of light.
Vaguely, she seemed to be back at time when Hudson was picking up her in the rain. Her heart trembled, tears ran down, in the dim sight, there was a tall figure with a familiar face.
"Esther, did you forget to bring your umbrella again?" In a helpless tone, there was a trace of pampering and distress, "Get in the car!"
"Hudson?" Esther was stunned for a while. She had just thought of Hudson, but she did not expect him to appear. She felt boundless and complicated.
Waves of entangled emotions rolled in. There was heartache, affection, and longing so deep as if engraved into the bones. Tears flowed down, her eyes got wet and hurt her heart.
She couldn't tell if it was tears or rain, but just looking at him, he had a haggard face that was entangled.
It turned out that some emotions were not forgotten, but were carved into the bones. With the flow of blood, the pain of longing invaded into every inch of skin. Hudson who had been with her for ten years, he was her Hudson!
She clearly said that she would forget, but every time she saw him, her heart hurt, and even her breathing felt a bit painful. She was so used to the days with him, and suddenly it was all gone, she couldn't get used to it.
"Hudson, no need, your wife is upstairs in private room, go and pick her up!" Esther refused Hudson. She had just promised Winnie that she would stay away from Hudson in the future and not cause them any trouble.
But Hudson grabbed her with an urgent and sad voice, "Esther, I'll bring you home!"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: A Moment in Destiny