MY EX-HUSBAND REGRET
ter
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Year
room. My stepmom is yelling at
shame to us?" she scr
et. I'm naked underneath. I
nd her mom. She's smiling
k last night. Then she took me
he dr
It was Lucy's boyfriend, Mike Light
hy would L
L
e hard. My face h
smear mud on our family's name
w it happened," I say
want her to tell the truth
g. "I didn't
loser. I'm scared
looks so angry. "You shameless slut, you see
a disg
you she always had eyes for my m
. I've only met Mike three times
ed daughter of the great Jenkins was caught in a one-night
. How did thi
It hurts so much. She pu
you are marrying into the Lightwood fam
own. I fall har
in front of me. I hate
idn't you?" I sa
of another help to me," she says. She tou
done?" I ask. "You ruined my
ut of it dear sister, I'm sure you'
is isn't a game, Lucy. What the he
"I doubt you
have more of him when you get marr
e. I have so
y do this t
aught in t
er felt
sen
I'm excited and nervous. I have a li
hen he learns our big news. I
Mike Lightwood, the big bo
oor. I hear Mike
Mike is at his desk, working
ing,"
told you to stop calling me that a
here," I say,
he asks. He doesn't
the test result behind my bac
arms around his neck. I kiss
can't do th
p. "What'
ets up. He wal
going on between us
stand. "What
is b
rts beating
had a place in my heart. You know she was my first lov
what I'm hearing
with you, your heart still longed for
" he
ay. Mike still loves Lucy, even tho
him I'm pregnant. No
en. Not now. Not when
," I say. I don't know what
e laughs. It's n
e permanent. Remember, we were in a contract marriage for two years. Y
tricked you, Mike. I never did... There's
w how much trouble you
d. "What do
riage happened because you drugged me and set up that scandal
t result in my hand. "That's not true, I-
hould have known better than to trust someon
p. I never drugged you. I didn't set up any scanda
cy's name in your lies,"
have to believe me,
decision. You're fired, Clara. I don't want to see you again.
?" I can't
apers and firing let
-wh
I can't let him go. I
him tight. "Think about it. You're be
ys. He pushes me away hard. I fall t
s leg. I can't let him
I start to say, but Mike pulls his
I feel broken. I put
ike. For the sake of ou
tay there, crying. My who
look at the desk. There they are. The di
ds are shaking so much
Just like Mike was. It says I hav
n here so many times. I thought I
feel so heavy. I open it a
age. The end of my job. The end
g at me. They can see I've be
on as the doors close, I sta
r. I have to pull myself together. I
right. It feels wrong. How can the world lo
know where I'm going. I j
. It's Lucy. O
t. "What d
sounds so happy. "I heard the goo
e. I want to scream. Bu
k to me," Lucy says. "You were j
e is shaking. "Why di
d. Because it was fun. Becau
ing to you," I say
Lucy says. "T
ing my phone. People walk by. The
re I'm going. I just know I can't go ho
sit on a bench. I put
I say. "I don't know what we're going to
walk by. They're all living their normal l
I know I have to move. I
stiff from sitting so lo
o myself. "One
I'm going. But I know I have to keep
st a new beginning. A hard
"We'll be okay," I whisper
romise to myself. I won't let Mike or
at. I have to be. Fo
f my new life. It's not the one
make the best of