Chapter 19

"Only ten more days," she said cheerfully. "Are you nervous?""A little," he replied."That's normal," she said. "It's a big day, but everything is ready. You don't have to worry about anything. I've taken care of it all."I've taken care of it all.He looked at the pills in his hand, then pretended to swallow them again. She watched, satisfied, then walked to the window and opened the curtains."It's a beautiful day," she said. "Maybe later we can sit in the garden. You like the garden now.""Yes," he said. "I like the garden."After she left, he took the pills from under his tongue and placed them in the metal box in his drawer. The box was almost half-full now: enough poison to build a wheelchair.That afternoon, he went to the backyard again. The girl was waiting near the stone path, like always. She didn't ask questions anymore when she saw his face; she could read his expression now, the way a doctor reads a chart."You are walking better," she said."I am," he replied. "And we are running out of time."He stood up from the wheelchair without using the bench now. It still took effort, but he could do it. He balanced himself, then took a step toward her. Then another. Then another. Ten steps. He stopped, breathing hard, but still standing."Ten," he said.She nodded. "Tomorrow, more."He sat down on the bench, wiping sweat from his forehead. "My lawyer is preparing everything," he said. "The video from the kitchen, the financial records, the pill report from the doctor. Everything."She sat beside him quietly."He said something interesting," he continued. "He said the law moves slowly, but truth can move very fast if the right people see it at the same time.""The wedding," she said."Yes," he said. "Everyone will be there: board members, investors, friends, press. If we show the truth there, she won't be able to control the story." He looked at his legs again. "But for that plan to work," he said quietly, "I have to walk in there."

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