James pushed open the door, looked at the cheerless house, and then closed his eyes.
He went upstairs step by step steadily and then pushed open the bedroom door with great force.
"Elizabeth..."
As soon as he called her name, he saw her on the bed. He swallowed the words he would like to have said and his mind went blank.
Elizabeth was leaning against the head of the bed with her eyes closed. She was wearing the white nightdress that he thought was good-looking and bought for her. Her head was turned aside.
She didn't cover herself with a quilt. There were two bottles of medicine beside her, and she was holding a bottle of medicine.
What was she doing?
After a long while, he asked himself like this in his heart in disbelief.
He blinked his eyes forcefully. After making sure that he had not seen it wrongly, his heart skipped a beat. He widened his eyes in horror and his body suddenly started to shake. Even his lips were trembling.