The room went silent .
" If you want to so much , I can take care of you ," Jewel tried to hide her joy but I could see her face was pink with excitement.
Liam looked at me in disbelief," Julia ? ."
" You heard me ,I would prefer if she is with me ," I confirmed what he did not want to hear at all ,"
" She can't even carry you around the house -"
" I can work with the nurses and wheelchair," his sister cut him off ," Common , use your brain ."
Liam got up ," This is not a game . And Julia , I know that you are upset with me but this is wayy too much ."
" Wait ! You are making her upset WHEN SHE IS SICK ?," Jewel's voice rose ," Oh my god , brother ! You don't even know the alphabets for taking care of someone."
It was nice to hear someone scolding Liam , even if it was for all wrong reason.
" Do you think that mother will let you waste your time when your exam is near ?," Liam crossed his arms . He was acting like an adult but he seemed petty to be playing the mother-card twice .
" Don't you lecture me about my exams, we all know that we ran away to give audition from the exam hall , you had to repeat that year ," Jewel smiled scornfully," I do not need advice from someone who repeated a year ."
I did not know that. I had always imagined my husband as some embodiments of perfection. But I was not exactly complaining since I could enjoy his humaliation.
" That's why atleast you should not disappoint mother ," Liam huffed, he could never win an argument against his sister .
" Nothing I can do can be ever disappointing to her ," Jewel said confidently.
" Well , then call her !,' Liam urged .
Jewel took that as a challenge.
It took three minutes of her talking in a baby voice with the chairwoman telling her about how she was brought up by her dear mother to show love and compassion and God would want her to help those in need - namely me.
When she cut off her phone , Liam shook her head ," I still think that this is a bad idea."
"Better than me moving out in two weeks ," I reminded Liam .
" But that is between us ," he was upset but he could not show it ," Fine! If anything happens -"
" I can take care of it !," Jewel announced," Now our patient needs rest , you need to get out ."
And she shoved my husband out the door , shutting it down with a loud bang !
That felt nice to my ears . There were things I could not really forgive him about but could do nothing at the moment.
Even such petty revenge seemed sweet right now .
As soon as Liam was out the room ,Jewel stopped smiling ," I thought that you will not like me here ."
" Yeah ," I agreed . I was not comfortable with her . But she was better than Liam , who made me feel like a thorn was burying deep in my chest everytime we looked at each other .
If the heartbreak was going to come , I would rather prepare myself for his absence rather than suffer more later .
" It is just that -," I considered how to tell his sister how disastrous it was now between us .
" Oh don't bother with it , I do not want to hear about the boring drama between you two ," she pulled a chair beside my bed ," I promise that I can take care of you better than he can ."
I looked up at her , searching her blue eyes, they were almost similar to Liam's. They grew darker when they were hiding secrets .
" Why are you doing this ?," I asked her . She had long made it obvious how much she hated me . I could not imagine her helping me in Goodwill like this .
She started wringing her fingers nervously, even though her voice was steady ," Out of goodwill , you are my sister-in-law, right ?"
" Right ," I noded ," Then I will call Liam in the morning tomorrow to drive you back home ."
" What ? No !," she stood up ," You can not do this now !"
" Unless you are telling me the truth , I had no reason to keep you with me ," I told her firmly .
I was done with the Anderson siblings keeping secrets and playing with me as they pleased .
" Alright , alright ," she holded up her palms ," I really wanted to help you out of goodwill, atleast forty percent of my intentions are just good cause I treated you so bad and then you got so sick . I thought that we could reconcile as long as you forgive me ."
" And ?," I urged .
" And maybe when you forgive me , you can also do something for me out of goodwill?," her voice got smaller.
So that was it .
But what could I do for the spoiled daughter of Anderson family that she could not get from Sunshine corporation?
She grabbed my hand and announced," Please , let me be your make-up artist ."