Revenge [Gone with the Wind]

Ashley stood in front of the dresser, staring at a pair of gloves that Melanie had half mended.He picked up one first and looked at it as if he had never seen it before.Then he put the glove down gently, as if it were glass, and picked up the other.

Scarlett ran across the hall, and she saw him.Meanwhile Suellen was being escorted from Melanie's room by the overzealous ladies and down the corridor to Aunt Pittypat's, where Rhett was still waiting to fetch her.When they reached the corner in front of Melanie's humble living room, Scarlett had already stepped into the room where Ashley was.They saw her, but they were not seen where she stood.Scarlett approached Ashley, and whispered in a trembling voice: "Oh, Ashley!" Then, she turned her back and closed the door.

Suellen leaned over immediately, ready to listen to the wall with great interest, completely ignoring the bewildered expressions of a group of wives behind her.Scarlett and Ashley's third time alone is a good show, which cannot be missed anyway.Suellen thought happily, the first time was at Twelve Oaks Manor before the war, when Scarlett invited Ashley to escape marriage and elope.No one should have noticed it, but she led the crowd to watch; the second time was at the sawmill, this time she did not participate, so she was witnessed by Mrs. Elsing and others as before; This time is the third time, and it should be the last time, Scarlett realizes that she doesn't love Ashley.But now, she doesn't have Rhett, and she has no relationship with Melanie, then, will she show her love to Ashley again, and express to him that she will take care of him and Xiaobo instead of Melanie?The more Suellen thought about it, the happier she was. If Scarlett really did that, she would never set foot in Atlanta again.For as long as she lives, forever!

The room was silent for a while before Ashley's hoarse voice came out: "You are here. I need you just now." Suellen was refreshed when she heard this.

Scarlett said: "Ashley, I'm here. Don't worry, I'm here, and I'm by your side." Suellen curled her lips in disdain, but she was relieved in her heart.From this point of view, Scarlett still has a heart for Ashley, but this time, Melanie can't die, and Ashley still won't marry her.Without Ashley, Scarlett would never fall in love with other men, Suellen continued to eavesdrop with great peace of mind.

Scarlett's voice was full of confusion and disbelief, and she asked in surprise: "Ashley, are you... afraid?" Scarlett couldn't help shouting loudly: "Why are you afraid? Are you afraid?" No - you can't be afraid," Scarlett's voice became higher and higher uncontrollably: "You have never been afraid - you have always been so brave and strong...",

"If I've always been strong, it's because she's behind me," Ashley said, with a listless look of self-confidence in himself. "All my strength comes from her, because she's behind me." , I know she's there, so..."

Suellen heard a "swipe" sound of the skirt rubbing against the carpet, and guessed that Scarlett took a step back in disbelief.

Then, Scarlett's voice sounded slowly: "What is this? Ashley...you love her, don't you? You love Melanie!" Suellen could hear that these words consumed Si How much strength it took Carrie to speak.She was annoyed to admire Scarlett's courage and determination. How could she say such a judgment that was equivalent to cutting off the last hope of her relationship?Shouldn't you know about this kind of thing and pretend not to know?

"She is the only dream I have ever had, the only dream that is alive, breathing, and has not disappeared in the face of reality." Ashley's dreamy voice made the O'Hara sisters frown at the same time. This person, Never live in a dream.He only talks about dreams, and what he never forgets is only dreams, but never talks about reality.Suellen thought triumphantly, Scarlett thought annoyed—Rhett/Will was much more pragmatic on this point.

"You have always loved her, right? Since many years ago..." Scarlett's voice was very heavy, and anyone who was not familiar with it could hear that it was full of pain, "When you were at Twelve Oaks, you Just love her, don't you?" Scarlett finally burst into tears: "You loved her many years ago, but why didn't you know? If you knew, everything would be different, it would be totally... um , you should have known a long time ago, don't use your talk about honor and sacrifice and so on to me, keep me in love with you without repentance. If you had told me many years ago, I would--although I would Very sad, but I can live with it, but you waited until now, when Melanie was dying, to find out, and now it's too late, and there's nothing you can do to save it. Well, Ah Ashley, men are supposed to understand such things—but women don't! You should have seen it clearly, you loved her all the time, and I, you only want me to be like... like ..." She paused, as if looking for a metaphorical example, and then she thought of one, "Like that guy Rhett Butler wants a woman like Bell Wallint!" Suellen suddenly heard Rhett's name, he was so nervous that he didn't realize the specific content for a moment.After she figured it out, she couldn't help being furious, and pushed the door open with a bang. "You quarrel if you want, without Rhett. Especially, don't talk about Belle Warint with him."

But Ashley only noticed another point: "Who said Melanie is going to die? She won't die, she won't die." Throwing away the gloves excitedly, Ashley's gray eyes no longer Instead of a hazy and indifferent look, it was wide open, showing no cover, and the fragility and fear inside were clear at a glance.He turned to Suellen and asked pleadingly with helpless fear: "She's fine, she'll be fine, right? Mrs. Butler, you know her situation best, Miss Suellen, please tell Me, is she all right? Dr. Meade says she might be all right, but she'll be all right, won't she? Tell me, Miss Suellen. I'll take your word for it, and please tell me she's all right."

Suellen really began to sympathize with him.This unlucky man has been in love with his childhood sweetheart, Melanie, since many years ago, so he is indifferent to Scarlett, who captivates all the boys in the county.However, it aroused Scarlett's competitive spirit, and she pursued him relentlessly for many years, which made him dizzy, and was kidnapped for no reason. The wife feels guilty and burdened with guilt, but in the end, she is pointed out sharply by the passionate spiritual love object for many years. His self-deceiving spiritual love is actually a relationship between a prostitute and a prostitute in disguise.It's strange that he didn't break down!

Curling her lips, Suellen decided not to add salt to this hapless guy's wound: "Don't worry, she's fine. Melanie won't die." The last words were directed at Scarlett.

Ashley froze the moment Suellen spoke, but luckily what he heard was good news.Other ladies also came in. Mrs. Merriwet stared at Scarlett for a while with a strange expression, opened her mouth, paused, opened it again, but said nothing in the end.The tall fat old lady seemed very angry at what she couldn't say, so she pushed Ashley angrily: "Go, she's waiting for you." Mrs. Elsing stepped aside from the door At the same time, he reached out and pulled Ashley's cuff: "Go and see Melanie. She is pregnant with a child, unstable, and very hard. You have to stay with her."

Ashley woke up suddenly. He didn't bother to say hello. For the first time in his life, Ashley, who had neglected his manners, hurried into the hallway, still clutching the glove tightly in his hand, and forgot to let go of it in a hurry.Everyone heard his hurried footsteps all the way, followed by the faint sound of closing the door.The room became quiet again, and everyone turned their eyes away one after another, and turned to Scarlett, who had her head down and couldn't see her expression clearly.

Suellen walked forward slowly, and Mrs. Bonnet held her worriedly, as if she was afraid that Scarlett would hurt her.But Mrs. Meade took Mrs. Bonnet's hand away, and she patted her arm lightly, comfortingly: "They are sisters."

Scarlett raised her head and looked at Suellen in front of her.For the first time, there was no usual disgust and disgust in her eyes, and there was no jealousy and hatred in Suellen's eyes when she looked at her.They looked at each other calmly, and they had never gotten along so calmly even in front of their mother Ellen.

"What are you going to do?" Suellen asked first.Scarlett took a step back slowly and sat down on the stool.At the same time, she raised her foot and kicked the other chair in Suellen's direction, indicating that she could sit down.Suellen accepted the favor. She is pregnant now, her stomach is a little heavy, and her waist is often sore. It is better to sit if she can sit.When Mrs. Merriwat saw the posture of the sisters talking at length, she beckoned everyone to go out together.

"Ashley doesn't love me, and has never loved me." Scarlett's voice was very calm, but it was not difficult to hear the hollow self-mockery in it. "For a long time, I thought that I lived by relying on his love, which supported me through so many difficulties and obstacles. I thought that I couldn't leave Ashley," Scarlett actually talked to me?There was an exclamation mark in Suellen's heart, but she was very sensible and didn't speak sarcasm, and listened quietly for the first time. "But when I heard his voice face to face, I realized that at that moment that should have been extremely painful, my sadness was far less than the despair I felt when my mother passed away." Suellen's heart tightened, and with Si Carrie's words also recalled the panic, desolation and helplessness when she went to her mother's funeral.

"But I still love him." Scarlett stood up, Suellen was taken aback, why didn't she realize that she didn't love Ashley?Suellen, who has always believed in the future life she knew well, once again forgot that the reason why Scarlett in the previous life no longer loved Ashley was because she fell in love with Rhett, and this time, she and Rhett had no intersection from beginning to end , How could it be possible to break Ashley's love because of Rhett's love?

Scarlett slowly recovered from the sluggish and almost numb state, which made her a little angry that she was calmly analyzing her heart with Suellen, especially after the embarrassment of being rejected by her lover.So, she hastily shortened what could have been a very long and complete conversation: "I have loved him for many years, even... love cannot become cold in an instant. But I will not disturb them anymore, no matter what This time, can Melanie..." Scarlett pursed her lips stubbornly, which made her reveal the traits that had fascinated many men before, "I will never be with him again."

"Why?" Suellen was dizzy. Basically, she was still wondering why Scarlett didn't tell her that the person she loved was actually Rhett, and told her that Suellen had better let Butler go Here comes the position of the wife.

Scarlett knew at a glance that Suellen didn't care about her emotional setbacks at all. Fortunately, she didn't expect that her sister, who had been disliked since childhood, would suddenly respect, love and be close to her.Because, Scarlett shook her shoulders, unable to imagine that if Suellen really behaved as docile, affectionate and obedient as Honey was to India one day, would she be moved or frightened, or would feel disgusted and want to slap her in the face? .

"I'm going back to Tara, and I'm leaving tomorrow." Scarlett said succinctly, "Maybe I will come back, maybe I won't come back. However, even if I come back, I'm not here to see you. So, Sue Ren, see you one last time!"

"Eh? Well, oh, you're going back? Goodbye then." Su Ellen stared blankly at Scarlett with her chin raised high, her shoulders lifted, her back straightened, and she walked out with her head held high. Her sight also went out of her life.From that day on, she never saw Scarlett again.When she gave birth to the little captain, Carleen came to visit her and told her that Scarlett was bereaved for Frank in the last few months of Tara; They came to visit with their husbands respectively, and they told her that after Scarlett took off her mourning clothes, she took the children on a trip, but they couldn't tell her destination clearly. India said she went to Marita, and Huo Ni, however, swears that she has seen her in Vercennes... In the following years, some other people intermittently sent her some recent reports of Scarlett, and she also came back to Atlanta a few times, but never Did not meet Suellen.Suellen heard that she once took Wade to visit Uncle Henry and left Wade with Uncle Henry for a long time; others said that Scarlett was invited by Melanie to visit Wilkes. Aunt Pittypat no longer refuses Scarlett's visit.But every time Scarlett came to Atlanta, Suellen never got a chance to see her.Sometimes Rhett took her on trips, and sometimes she was pregnant and couldn't go out or have dinner at home.Suellen also went back to Tara several times, usually to visit Catherine who was about to give birth or had just given birth, and more often to drop by Tarleton's house to visit Carleen. Carrie was not at Tara.

After leaving Scarlett's shadow, Suellen no longer worries about her marriage with Rhett.She has lived peacefully and happily with Rhett for many years, and has always been in Rhett's favor.Later, Rhett, who was more than ten years older than Suellen, left her first. The grown-up little captain and the little captain took over their father's instructions and continued to create a comfortable and secure life for their mother who had not improved for decades environment.But Suellen couldn't adapt to the life without Rhett. Until the end, Suellen didn't know when she fell in love with Rhett deeply. Not long after he left, Suellen also left without any worries.At the time of her death, both Carleen and Melanie were dead, but Scarlett was still alive, but, as Scarlett said, in Melanie's shabby living room The goodbye was the last meeting between the two sisters.For the rest of my life, there is no goodbye.

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