Chapter 206 A Little Crisis 5 (1/2)

So while Jake was recovering Clara went to pay a visit, when she arrived at Matthew's house where Jake was living, Jake was very surprised to see that Clara was even thinner now.

This is usually a good thing for women, but the problem was that Clara had been thin before and had a slender body, but with her getting thinner from depression she looked like a sick person.

But Tiffany and Clara's father were pleased that she had set aside work a little to visit Jake who had suffered an injury.

Even though Jake didn't let it show he was shocked and just smiled at Clara as he invited her in. Jake had a right thigh stretch that was a mild grade 2 injury so he could still walk now with a limp.

”How are you doing, Jake?”

”I'm fine, this injury isn't serious and I just need a little rest to recover, luckily I'm almost on my vacation, so it won't bother me so much.”

Jake was trying to hide that he had hurt himself not to worry his friends, so he got a medical certificate to leave school for another week.

Only Joseph cared more about Jake, but when Jake said over the phone that it was okay no one cared much about it.

Since this time Jake had not won the marathon even though he had the attention of commentators and the media, his name was not mentioned very much in the news after the marathon.

So if even after winning in Chicago many did not see the news about Jake at his school, now that he had come second much less.

”I didn't think you were so good at marathons if you wanted you could already become a professional athlete after finishing school.”

”I still prefer to stay in basketball and study for a while.”

Jake knew Clara was just kidding in saying this, after all, who would give up a scholarship at a guaranteed university? And basketball could only bring good things to Jake and his sponsors for years to come.

”I'm more worried about you, Clara, I knew what happened to you and I also see that you don't look very healthy right now, tell me how you are.”

Clara didn't expect Jake to suddenly change the focus of her conversation, she had just talked to her friends and family about what had happened, but she felt like talking to Jake about what happened too.

”I'm much better now than at the beginning, I knew from the beginning that this marriage could end at any moment, but I always hoped Robert would change his mind and that we could be together.”

”So I just focused on work and put personal matters aside, but in the end, it turned out worse than I thought.”

Jake just listened in silence as Clara vented.

”But I don't think Robert is so wrong so you know, he has the company that he needed to invest in a long time, but while his father was alive Robert could do nothing and I always suggested reinvesting profits in the company, so almost 10 years Robert can never use his stock profits for nothing.”

”I liked him even before my dad planned this wedding, so I was a little happy before I knew Robert didn't like me, his only shortcoming is that he's always been a little proud and jealous, so it all turned out like this.”

In the end, Clara was crying and Jake just put his hand on Clara's arm to comfort her, he didn't think Clara really liked Robert for what he heard from Tiffany, so he understood that her shock was greater after what happened.

”None of this is your fault Clara, things happen and you were right to want to invest more to improve the company, I always thought a man should be able to be proud, otherwise he just becomes stingy.”

”If he needed the money to invest in his other company, Robert would talk to you before, I'm sure you would understand.”

”I think the end of your marriage was a good thing for you, now you are free to find your happiness, as the problems of the company things will end up resolving, don't worry so much.”

After that, Clara looked a little better and Jake ended up comforting her even if he was being visited, so Clara talked for a while and left.

Jake knew it would take Clara much longer to get over what happened, but he was sure a strong woman like her would eventually recover and come back stronger after that.

But Jake was still in a little crisis of not knowing what was happening to him if it was a physical problem like the injury to his leg Jake would be quieter because an exam would tell when he would recover.