Scarlett OHara heard the familiar voice and instantly looked towards the door, seeing the angry figure standing there, she trembled involuntarily.
Nick Carraway, who was close to her, sensed her fear and stood in front of her, shouting at Tom Joad, "When have you ever treated her as a wife? She loves you so much, yet you torment her with all your heart. Now youve caused her to have a miscarriage, do you even have a conscience?"
"Thats my business with her, none of your concern!" Tom Joad strode to the bedside, yanked Nick Carraway aside, and scornfully said to Scarlett, "Just let you out and you cant wait to find a lover? You say you love me, yet youre mixing with another man in the ward? Scarlett, youre really cheap!"
"Youre going too far! Tom Joad! Speak with respect. She just woke up and hasnt come to terms with the blow of the miscarriage. I was just comforting her. On the contrary, you, the culprit, should get out and let her recuperate!" Nick Carraway immediately rushed up and tried to push Tom Joad away, but his thin frame was no match for him and was pushed further away.
"Our husband and wife are talking, none of your business! Get out!" When Tom Joads temper flared up, no one could persuade him. In an instant, several bodyguards rushed in from the door and carried Nick Carraway out.
"Tom Joad! Dont hurt Scarlett! She is the person who loves you the most in the world. You have no right to hurt her. How can you bear to..." As the bodyguards took him further away, Nick Carraways angry shout gradually faded away, and then disappeared.
The room was left with only her and Tom Joad. Fear gradually spread throughout her body, and the air seemed to be filled with a strong smell of alcohol, which would burn everything with just a small spark.
Tom Joad glared at Scarlett, but she avoided his eyes, her fear all over her body and unable to hide.
"Why didnt you say you were pregnant?" Tom Joad was still full of anger and asked coldly.
"You wouldnt have wanted it even if I said it, would you?" Scarlett lowered her head and answered in a desperate tone.
"Youre still self-aware. Scarlett, youre not worthy of having my child, only Calpurnia is worthy. Now this Mrs. Joad title is also a gift from me, and I can take it back at any time. Youd better be honest, dont get too close to Nick Carraway, understand?"
Sometimes, the reason why persistence is called persistence is that there is a crack in the wall in the heart, but no matter how hard you hit it, you cant break through. However, when you see the light coming from the crack in the wall, you will know what it means to let go.
At this moment, Scarlett still had a trace of persistence in her heart. Although ten years of companionship was not enough for him to fall in love with her, there should be some feelings. However, his words made Scarlett see exactly what position she held in his heart.
It was also this moment that made Scarlett completely let go. She finally realized how ridiculous her ten years of persistence was.
The title of Mrs. Joad was the crack in the wall, and Tom Joad was the wall in the south.
At this moment, she finally understood that she no longer wanted to cross the wall in the south. The wall that she tried so hard to break through was just that he was unwilling to break for her.
In an instant when Scarlett thought it through, she suddenly raised her head and looked directly into his resentful eyes, unyielding and said: "I love to be close to whoever I want to be close to. If you have the ability, just divorce."
"Scarlett! Say that again!" Tom Joad was instantly furious, his forehead veins taut, and the anger in his eyes scorching her skin as if branded.
But she didnt know where her courage came from, and she just wanted to escape from this decaying cage and escape from the once deeply loved Tom Joad.
"I said, divorce!" Faced with his thunderous anger, Scarlett was no longer afraid, but looked at his eyes calmly and firmly.
"You want a divorce? Didnt you try every means to kill Winter just to marry me? Are you willing to give up now?" Tom Joad raised his eyebrows and asked her, suddenly feeling that the woman in front of him became very strange, not like the one who always followed him behind and called him Brother Joad affectionately.
"I never wanted to hurt her, Ive explained many times, you dont believe me and I cant do anything about it, since you insist, either you kill me or you divorce me!" Scarlett has never been so clear, nor has she ever been so resolute.
She knew that Tom Joads position in her heart would never shake, but she could no longer bear such harm, and she could no longer tolerate Tom Joads crazy stabbing her heart again and again.
She admitted that she was really tired, and she just wanted to let go.
"Want to escape? Do you think I will let you do as you please? I want to see you live worse than death, I want you to atone for everything you have done to Winter! I wont kill you, nor will I divorce you, I just like to see you suffer and painful, so I am happy."
Tom Joad gnashed his teeth and sneered at her, not knowing whether it was because of his hatred for her, or because she was going to leave, he was upset and confused, and he didnt want to let her go, he wanted to keep her by his side to continue to torture.
Perhaps even he couldnt distinguish whether he was torturing Scarlett or himself.
Looking at his ferocious face, she had to admit that her heart exploded again, and she was shattered, and she could only endure the tears that were about to overflow and clenched her hands behind her back and said: "Why not divorce? Since you dont love me, since you hate me so much, why dont you give me a break, why dont you let me go, dont let yourself go!"
"Let you go? Why should I let you go? Dont you know how miserable Winter died? What does your pain matter? Scarlett, I warn you, you will never be relieved in this life, I will do my best to torture you crazy, torture you to death!" Tom Joad roared, strangling her neck, and his eyes were full of hatred.
Scarlett listened to these words, and her heart ached to the extreme, even the suffocation from her neck was not as painful as her heartache.
If possible, she would rather replace Winter to die, and she would rather lie on the ground that year than Winter...
She would rather fulfill Tom Joad and Winter.
But the heavens are always contrary to human wishes, leaving only one who loves him to death, and one who hates her to death.
Tom Joad saw the despair in her eyes, and his heart seemed to be pricked, and it hurt for a while, and he suddenly let go, as if he could no longer exert strength.
But soon, he returned to his usual hatred, and he said coldly: "I will pick you up and go home tomorrow."
He watched Scarlett lie on the bed, as if dead, motionless, and the only proof that she was still alive was the tears that kept flowing from the corners of her eyes.
A pair of eyes stared blankly, not knowing what to look at.
"You can never escape from my palm..."
He didnt stay any longer, turned and left the ward.
The door was slammed shut mercilessly.
Scarlett stared straight ahead, looking at her wrist, and suddenly smiled slowly: "Do you hate me so much? If I die, will you stop hating..."