«I have an apartment in the city, but I’m renting it out for now. I want to save money and get a bigger place to bring my wife, and even kids if they come!» He boasted to the townsfolk, throwing dust in their eyes. «What a rare golden guy she got!» The women believed and sighed, then went to nag their own husbands.
But Sarah was fine in her own house; she didn’t want to move anywhere, and besides, this ailment had attached itself. With each day, Sarah weakened, and a runny nose added to the cough. Sometimes she woke up at night because she couldn’t breathe through her nose.
She jumped up in fear that she was suffocating, which woke Jack, and he started grumbling. «Why are you jumping all night? I have to get up early, and I can’t fall asleep because of you!» He raged. But as soon as his head touched the pillow, snoring filled the room.
«Sleep, I’ll go to the couch.» Sarah got up and went to another room. The rest of the night passed more or less calmly, though in the morning Sarah woke up with a headache and weakness, but at least she could breathe.
She worked in the rural library, issuing books, filling out forms, subscribing to magazines with the money given by the town council chairman. Despite the fact that the people here were hardworking and busy, the townsfolk borrowed books from the library regularly. Everyone wanted to be well-read and show off their erudition to neighbors near the same water pump.
Although Sarah’s job wasn’t hard, at home she collapsed without strength. Jack came home earlier, delivered the bread loaves in the morning and was free, sitting, waiting for Sarah to come home, cook food, and feed his person. «Jack, at least peel the potatoes before I get home; you’ll wait longer yourself,» she lamented.
«Hello, we’ve arrived. Were you the one hauling bread loaves all day and straining yourself? Do I even have a right to rest?» Her husband could even shame her, although Sarah knew he didn’t even get out of the truck; the women unloaded everything themselves in the stores, and there was a loader at the bakery. She knew, but she had no strength to argue with him.
By evening, the cough intensified, her eyes reddened, and some kind of rash started appearing on her body. «Listen, are you contagious by any chance?» Jack once saw red spots on Sarah’s back when she was dressing for work in the morning. «That’s all I need…»
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