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Abandoned Ex-Wife: Now Untouchable

Chapter 2 2

Word Count: 693    |    Released on: 02/02/2026

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ns. There were no press, no Lancaster associates. Just Isolde, the priest, a

wasn't

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l white casket being lo

ocket. She ignored it. It

g it might be the hospital

ication. Belle Escobar ha

he Hamptons

ground, Kaiden was holding a set of miniature g

es you just need a mental

urned into her retinas. A mental health day. W

art of her that could sc

went

Isolde walked into Effie's room. It still smelled

gs. The drawings on the fridge.

Grayson walked in.He stopped in the

n telling you to clear out that clutter for months. We

ill, holding a

to him. "Sign

s it? Another bill for her specialists?

she said. Her

even read the header. He scrawled his signature-Grayson Lancast

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signed papers. S

to the te

yson called out, already w

vening air. She had built a fire i

wedding album

hotos. She watched her own smiling face from

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old

ors, a glass of water in his hand. H

ed, sliding the door open. "It

look at him. He

he said. "

chest, a tightness he couldn't explain. He rubbed his

t back

ned back to the fire. The bear

e the sink, and took down the bottle of prescription slee

d a glass

e she had been sleeping in for the las

st pill. Then the sec

ossing her hands

ie, she thought

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Abandoned Ex-Wife: Now Untouchable
“My five-year-old daughter was dying in the ICU, her heartbeat replaced by the continuous, electronic scream of a flatline. I gripped her cold hand, my throat sealed shut by a terror so absolute I couldn't even cry out. I dialed my husband Grayson's private number, the one reserved only for me and his assistants. He declined the call instantly. A second later, a text buzzed against my palm: "In a meeting. Do not disturb. Stop calling." Five miles away, Grayson was at a luxury gala, adjusting his silk tie and laughing with Belle Escobar. He told her I was just being "dramatic" and using our daughter's "fever" as an excuse to avoid the event. He had no idea Effie's heart had already stopped. When I finally reached our penthouse, soaked from the rain and carrying Effie's small socks in a plastic bag, Grayson didn't even look at me. He snapped at me for ruining the hardwood floors and asked if I'd left Effie with the nanny just to "feel sorry for myself." Three days later, while I buried our daughter in a small, lonely ceremony, Grayson was at the Hamptons. Belle posted a photo of him golfing with the caption: "A mental health day with the boys." He didn't even attend the funeral, but he returned home demanding I clear out Effie's room to make a study for Belle's son. The injustice burned through me until there was nothing left. I swallowed a handful of sleeping pills, desperate to join my daughter. But instead of the darkness, I woke up to blinding lights and the scent of Grayson's expensive cologne. I was standing in a ballroom, wearing a blue silk dress I had already burned. Above me, a banner read: "Happy 5th Birthday Kaiden & Effie." I was back, exactly one year before the tragedy. This time, I wasn't going to be the grieving wife. I was going to be their worst nightmare.”