Framed Three Times: A Wife's Fury

eating. They handed me divorce papers designed to strip me

was on a hospital rooftop, threatening to jump a

it another one of

shut, and forced me to listen as he and his mistress

twisted by their lies, ha

e shrieked. "You don't

y broken me. They expected t

d. This wasn't surrender. I

pte

Soli

like infidelity. Their faces were grim, filled with a familiar anger. I did not panic. My heart did not race. I looked at the divorce agreement Celine held,

I cried. Second time I called the pol

t with a professional grip. Her gaze swept over me, betraying no emotion.

eline stated, her voice flat. "This

were. She drafted th

," Celine read from the papers, her voice clear and precise. "You forfeit

mind was clear, focused. This was just

ly meeting Courtney's, "you agree to surrender

ther clause. A necessary sacrifice. A step in a larger plan. Courtney watched m

rame, crossing his arms. He waited for me to break. My silence frus

forward. He slammed the divorce agreement onto

y said, his voice low and dangerous. "The first time, you swo

e walked to the

d the police. You made a scene." Courtney stopped in front of me.

nd a flicker of the old

dy. My grip was firm. I signed the document. My pen moved across the page, each stroke a deliberate

precise. It was final. This wa

rs. She glanced at Courtney, a faint, alm

Celine stated, her voic

er. He had expected an outburst. He had expect

. I placed it ba

be moved out," I said, my voice flat.

able. "Visitation? After this? You think you deserve

augh escaped me.

all visitation rights too. J

ng for something. What kind of mother gives up her child so

four years, I endured Courtney's cruelty. For four years, I watched Celine poison Bailey agai

lors, aren't you? Running off to your new lover, abandoning your own ch

did not defend myself

dmission of guilt. It w

ating cost of shattering

hey broke w

n. They had no idea this