A layer of gloom formed on Jerrick's face at that question. His reasoning seemed fair when he was eighteen. But he was wrong. So wrong.
"Maybe I am not excluded from the Theodulf curse. I shouldn't have married Jessamyn. I made, will make a terrible husband and I…" he paused. He then shook his head. He couldn't imagine his life without Jessamyn by his side. "She's hiding something from me. It bothers me."
William didn't budge. He had a valuable piece of information for exchange. He found it stupid of Jerrick to think Jessamyn even had something happening in her life without Jerrick knowing. He was around her all the time.
Even if Jerrick thought Jessamyn was hiding something, he should ask her rather than talk to him about it.
"What happened when you took her out?" William asked. Jerrick looked pitiful and he wanted to help him.
"Nothing… Everything was going fine when she suddenly started crying.
