MY EX-WIFE'S GHOST

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nd corroded swings. The hospital's pseudo playground was duff w

, eyes sunken and shoulders sag under

d pants, but I barely felt the chill. I was drawn to my trembling hands wondering

interrupted, smooth yet coarse w

sitting beside me. She's older, possibly in her late forti

e. Her smile captivating, melting my suspicious heart. "I

he hem of my top. "You.... You know her?"

dear, and I know what she's doing now". She lean

shed through my veins. Somebody else knows what I know, what I'm goi

e better of me and I asked. Lo

ed. "Bribing doctors, eliminating her ene

ly paced. The words alone sent shivers down my spine, an

embling with anger, "I know what she's do

ands struggling with t

a whisper that was barely audible. "She ordere

ing at every word I utter, as th

in her way, and you my love....", her ex

bstacle to h

earnestly, yet he didn't trust me, and......", my voic

es. Cuts off any kind

and how did you

head, making her red hair fall

I had always wanted to have a min

her evil deeds. I've been here all these years" he

voice rose in

fine. They will give you an

s' attention to us. I moved my hair, sc

just like you my dear", she

tightens at the thought of losing Zack. "I can't los

eedom, Joyce

o me before. Being an orphan with no siblings, Zack has been my only family a

, rising from the rusty ben

some minutes prior lunches back. The p

upied the empty

reak free away from here?",

uh

or do you want to remain behind?" She

ine. Her gut and courage say she's no ordinary w

and. Would you accept lea

my heart as I shake my head in d

walked away. "What does she mean without my

eaming down. Six months with

ut can I sacrifice my marriage

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The days have instead gone by at comparatively slow speed, draining my b

r questions. Incident of that day roaming free

band, Joyce?*, *Would you prefer t

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pen and my heart somersaulted. Expecting another s

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re than anyone. The

an,

rried, exhausted, so exhausted that I've never seen him be. His hair mussed and his

p in danger of falling. Emotions

, I wh

inside him broke at the mention of my voice. He came clos

m. I wont leave my husband. I will w

ybody else. I love him more

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