ter
n's
ed, what I still couldn't get past wasn't th
Ivy had been w
t hadn't been prepar
e my test results, I had
be handled ready in advance, because I didn'
r more serious than
ate happened to tie the issue of
ithin the required time, it wouldn
edistribution of power th
d become the hardest thing to de
, the only thing he confirmed was wheth
aid
ry to talk
that once I truly made up my mind about some
sitting on the coffee table, and I was
it would have been better if Julian
a chance to explain why I had t
e me the chance t
ned too
at felt the
riage, she had argued with me
to frustrate me most was how
e thought it mattered, she h
our three-year marriage across the table
know when I had cha
k who the oth
k carefully at the
that I had alread
she s
sn't li
the folder again, but for some reason, all I coul
three seconds, one hand pres
r stomach was bothering her, or
n it now, something
sad, why hadn't
to let go, why had she
e a woman whose husba
e who already knew something and had fi
door opene
ook te
e walk
ing the same dress. Her stomach had become more noticeable as
sk if she co
rom me, glanced at the documents on the cof
sig
odd
visibly
ound anymore. And you won't have to worry e
row
ried about he
ed at me but
ust s
expression made me e
wasn't ent
rately avoided letting Ivy an
as only to avoid u
ivorce hadn't be
ere was no reason to make the sit
e marriage
itting right
aby was s
have felt
ving in the most
ny needed
was pr
hout fighting over the assets
problem had been
early as relieved a
ll thinking
y noticed some
eyes away fr
was acting a littl
out loud soun
strange because
e because she hadn'
I was sitting here going over it again and again s
so knew wh
d started talking about a prenatal
asn't paying
me how much
ed up
t mu
self meant n
t mean the amo
nation shouldn'
already have an ex
s seeing a priv
al tests for the baby, so the cl
etely natural as
surface, nothi
I still watched her f
pened tonight had simply made
I found myself instinctively think
e clinic in
mille's face fr
or a m
watching her, I probabl
ddenly need th
nt. I'll have my assis
e was
normal and said she wo
she a
tonight. My appointment i
ask anyth
y had enough
lawy
divo
v
endless calls
energy to keep questionin
phone and trans
confirmation appeared,
er to me, and wrapped both
nst my chest, her voice
from now on. You won't regret
n't a
my arms and held
oulder, my eyes eventually re
nature wa
ld have to do tonight was personally
was how she had ended it wit
in my arms, talkin
age kept appea
e, she hadn't taken the c
aid any attention to wh
ral of them had been trappe
n sticking out, and she had
w, I suddenly wanted t
lly been waitin
red something she
e left, she hadn't
ille, my eyes already
were sti
s half-covered
I suddenly had a
d tonight wasn't why Ivy had
planning to tell me before I put t
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