There He Is Again My Ex Husband by Emily Jenkins

Ezra got annoyed due to Phil. He ignored Phil after hanging up and focused on having the cozy night with his wife and son.
Phil who seemed sober in the phone now failed to calm down. He kept on pondering what Anya and Maisie talked about.
According to Maisie's story, the reason why Anya phoned her was to roast him, which was not Anya's style.
Only Ezra who was love-struck would trust Maisie, but Phil didn't believe a word of her words.
Anya was not that kind of person who would talk about her ex-husband. She actually had a heart of stone, who was unwilling to
mention him at all.
If she did say something bad about him, it represented that she still thought about him. It was because of resentment that she
remained complaining about him long after their divorcing.
As a cheesy saying went, "Smacking and scolding are a form of love." And the resentment probably came from love.
Phil knew that Anya didn't love him, so he was sure that Anya would not speak ill of him.
So, why on earth did she talk with Maisie in the phone for so long?
Did she get sick?
Thinking of this, Phil sat up on his bed suddenly with a sullen look, which showed he did worry about her. Though Anya was
slender, she had a healthy body who hardly got ill.
However, once she fell ill, it would be severe which could make her fail to get up for days.
In retrospect, Anya just got sick for twice during their marriage. The first time was that she ate out with her schoolmates and got
an acute stomach flu. On that day, she suffered diarrhea and sickness and even had a fever. Phil sent her to the hospital at
midnight, and she had an IV drip all night.
The other time was she ran away from home after being at odds with Phil. It was a cold winter night, and she caught a cold in her
flimsy clothes. And she was too stubborn to tell him after that which finally led to a pneumonia due to a fever. At that time, she
stayed in hospital for three days.
Since then, Phil had been extraordinarily nervous when she got sick, fearing that something bad happened to her. He totally had
no idea why she suffered from serious illness every time which seemed to be fine superficially but actually serious.

Sometimes, he felt helpless that her illness was as obstinate as her. While others would soon be cured, hers were terrible.
And almost killed him.
Since she had talked with Maisie on the phone for so long this time, she was perhaps under the weather.
Then he got through to Maisie's phone to find out the truth.
When Maisie's phone was ringing, she and Ezra was about to sleep. As she saw that it was Phil, she couldn't help but frown,
being a little worried about that if Phil knew something.
But what annoyed her even more was that Ezra must say something to Phil, otherwise Phil would impossibly have known she
phoned Anya before and given her a call now. After all, she didn't have much connection with him.
Thinking about that, Maisie gave a cold glance at Ezra. What a dear friend! Hardly had he caught wind of Anya's affair when he
hurried to report to Phil.
Feeling her glance, Ezra was so frightened that he hastened to sit up, looking at her phone screen, on which there was Phil's
name.
Ezra felt a headache. What was wrong with him?
Giving Maisie a call obviously revealed to her that he had tipped Phil off about Anya. She must be unhappy. This freak was
throwing him into lion's den.
What a bad man!
"I--" Ezra looked at Maisie and tried to explain. But Maisie ignored him and answered the phone directly.
Phil came straight to the point, in a worried tone, "She got sick?"
Maisie naturally knew who "she" was because she was the person Phil cared about most. And she answered lightly, "Nah."
Phil then asked, "So why did you talk so long on the phone?"
She had to admit that Phil was aggressive now, but she understood him because she knew he was worried about Anya.
In a sudden, Maisie felt bad for Phil that he didn't want her let go of her but still did it.

Thinking of it, Maisie sighed slightly and said, "She lives alone in a foreign country. It's inevitable to be depressed. Besides, her
mom's condition is not improved, so she was down and talked with me for quite a while."
Now that she promised Anya to keep her pregnancy from Phil, she would definitely not betray her.
Unexpectedly, Phil was not that easy to be fooled. He immediately asked, "So why did you tell Ezra that you said something bad
about me?"
Maisie said different details to Ezra and Phil separately. It was obvious that she was lying. As a prudent lawyer, Phil's ability of
logic reasoning and judgement were exceptional.
Before Maisie said something, Ezra started to speak, protesting, "So you didn't speak ill of him and roast us, did you?"
Phil took the chance to say, "Ezra, only you trust Maisie. You should reflect on yourself. You are totally a fool now."
Being satirized by Phil, Ezra thought himself a fool immediately, looking at Maisie plaintively. He didn't suspect her words at all
because he trusted in her so much, but she just lied to him.
Maisie ignored him and continued, "I just played a joke on him. And he actually believed."
Ezra lost his words.
Phil snorted, "Maisie, I'm a lawyer. Your words are full of loopholes."
Although Maisie was flustered, she acted extremely calmly. She seemed resigned to said to Phil, "If you don't believe me, you
can look into it and see what on earth happened to her."
"Exactly! If you worry about her, you should find it out on your own. And if you don't believe Maisie's words, then leave us alone.
Don't bother us so late." Ezra spoke in support of Maisie.
Although he felt ruffled that Maisie lied to him, he still defended her.
Phil kept silent for a while and then asked, "Is she in a good mood now?"
Maisie answered, "Better. I have comforted her for quite a while."
And Phil said, "I see."

"Thanks..." Phil added such a word in the end and hung up.
As the call came to an end, Maisie turned and looked at Ezra querulously. If it were not him, Phil would not have phoned her.
What a sharp operator! Phil obviously didn't believe her and suspected what Anya was confronting.
If he did look into Anya's condition because of worry, her pregnancy would be exposed. Then things between them would go on
unexpectedly!