na's
ink was a glossy, cold black under the lampli
generated from my personal design and investment work during the marriage would re
wealth that the world assumed I depended on
the pen hovered over the paper, and a drop of ink bl
oor just moments ago. "I want Auntie to be
nasty custody battle for a d
, a profound exhaustion
en the bottom drawer of the desk, a
in dark blue vel
at me. The handle of the primary blade was engraved with a line
me like his own daughter. I had been his star pupil, the mo
completion from Meridian International Hospital. All I had to do was send it in, and I
he had said once, "I don't need a wife who holds a
arment. Now I saw it for what it was
f a scalpel. The feeling woke something dormant
The custody clause was still blank. I
easily swayed. I couldn't abandon her comp
ast chance. And I woul
nd created a new event. I titled it: "Heartbreak
tomorrow, every time Xavier or Mia
d-whichever came first-I would sign the divorce papers without a second thoug
for her to see who truly loved her. And it w
alpels, and the certificate back into the drawer
e, the sky outside wa
ent to the guest room next to the study. This w
wide awake, racing, planning my life afte
ot Xavier's. It was the bright, shadowless light of an op
ir. I am not just
geon who could save
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