Anniversary Betrayal, A New Dawn

ite meal and a carefully wrapped gift, but my phone buzzed with a t

o apology, n

ick manila envelope peeking out. What I found inside shattered everything: pre-signed divorce papers, dated

late nights, the sudden reappearance of Emily, his "first love." She wasn' t just back in town; she was back in his life. I remembered the company dinner, the way he' d ignored me, the way Emily had purre

h me. He wanted out? Fine. He could have it. But

actly as I' d found them. Then, I went upstairs, to the room we' d shared for five