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and said calmly, “You still need to get plenty of rest from now
on.”
“I know.”
Kelsey agreed brightly, but then her smile slowly faded as she looked up at Ellsworth.
Seeing her staring at him like that, Ellsworth didn’t ask what
was wrong. He just glanced at his watch, and only then did
Kelsey gently remind him, “Ells, I just saw Hara at the hospital.”
Before Ellsworth could respond, Kelsey added, “I only saw her when the elevator doors were closing. She was with Reginald,
and the two of them looked…”
Kelsey stopped there, not finishing her sentence.
With his hands still in his pockets, Ellsworth lowered his gaze.
He didn’t react to Kelsey’s words, his face expressionless. “I’m
heading back. Get some rest.”
Kelsey immediately sat up straight, bracing herself on the bed.
“Ells, aren’t you going to stay with me?”
Ellsworth replied, “There are doctors and nurses here. You’ll be
fine.”
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With that, Ellsworth ignored the longing in Kelsey’s eyes,
instructed the doctors and nurses to look after her, and left the
ward, driving home.
By June, the weather was already getting hot. Ellsworth drove
with the window down for a while, letting in the warm air, then
rolled it back up.
When he got home, Jacquelyn and the others were already
asleep.
Opening the bedroom door, he saw Harriet wearing glasses,
sitting at her desk, staring intently at her computer, occasionally
picking up a sheet of paper to write or calculate something.
Standing at the door, Ellsworth watched Harriet for a long time,
but she didn’t notice he was back, still absorbed in her work.
Ellsworth didn’t call out to her.
It was only… after he took his clothes to the bathroom,
showered, and came out, Harriet still hadn’t noticed he was
back or looked up at him. Ellsworth’s gaze grew a little playful.
Standing by the bed, drying his hair, he lazily watched Harriet.
He wanted to see how long it would take for Harriet to notice he
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was back if he stayed silent tonight.
He stared at Harriet for a long time. Only when his hair was
almost dry did Harriet finally look up and realize he was home.
Stretching with both hands in the air, Harriet saw Ellsworth
staring straight at her. She stopped mid-stretch and put her
hands down.
Their eyes met. Harriet greeted him calmly, “You’re back.”
Rubbing his nearly dry hair, Ellsworth looked at her and asked
nonchalantly, “You saw me at the hospital today. Why didn’t you say hello?”
He didn’t ask Harriet why she was at the hospital, nor did he
bring up Reginald.
Kelsey told him her reason for seeing Harriet and Reginald
together, and he understood.
However, on the way back, he had already asked Noel to check
Harriet’s whereabouts and knew why she had gone to the
hospital.
When Ellsworth asked, Harriet looked at him and replied in a
calm voice, “You were busy at the time, so I didn’t want to
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disturb you.”
After Harriet finished speaking, Ellsworth just looked at her and
said nothing more.
Seeing this, Harriet didn’t say anything else to him either, simply and quietly tidying up the manuscript papers on the table.
Harriet’s silence made Ellsworth think of the scar on her lower
abdomen, remembering her appendectomy last year-how he
had hung up on her call, and she had driven herself to the
hospital, enduring the pain alone.
Thinking of this, Ellsworth tossed aside the towel in his hand
and asked her, “Did you eat dinner? Do you want noodles or
dumplings?”
Harriet stacked the gathered manuscript papers neatly on the
table and smiled faintly, “I’ve already eaten. You go ahead and
eat.”
Before Ellsworth could speak, Harriet added, “By the way, I
noticed Mom hasn’t been asking about us lately, so I’ll move
back to the guest room next door. The master bedroom is
yours.”
