A Husband's Betrayal, A Wife's Reckoning

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va. Izzy needs it.

request. It

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warning her to rest, to avoid any strain, to

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slid in, co

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look at

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s washed over her.

ching Ethan. "Ms. Vance is respondi

pable. He finally glanced at

ver." His tone was casual, as

to Izzy, murmur

noticing her pallor. "Are

missively, without looking a

patient recently underwent a D&C procedure. And she has a history

y turned, a flicker of

aborate, Izzy moaned softl

? I'm

erest in Ava or what the doctor was saying. He rushed back to Izzy's side,

d at Ava, a ques

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ssion sympathetic. "Alright. Let's

s as if she were watching a play, a tragicomed

elt a wave of dizziness so intens

er to a chair, bro

Izzy's side, com

the grimy hospital window wit

antorini. Ethan had held her close, whispering, "You a

en promise.

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ght for observation due to her he

, perfunctory inquiry, his voice distant. He was, he said

g at their penthouse, a gilded cage f

anemic, her he

e was always with Izzy,

not too traumatized

m watching movies, Izzy snuggled against his shoulder. C

g of Ethan's devotion to another woman while his wife

social circle, saw only Ethan, the dev

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han came home t

y staring out the wind

ked, his tone casual as

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. We're expected to attend. Izzy's feeling up to it, surpri

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ng room when Ava emerged, dr

th highlight and minimize her slight pregnancy. She was sitting

"Ava! You look... tired. But it's

ting a non-existent stray hai

offering an arm to Izzy, an

ble. A shadow i

whispers were lou

whose husband is having a ba

ven Ethan's. Some scandal

l with all this. He's such

sharp as broken glass. She fel