e slowly morphing into disbelief, and then into o
h condescension. "You' re divorcing me over a do
my voice eerily calm. "The dog was just the last
and protect me. He had promised we would be a team, that he would always have my back. I looked at him now, this str
und the opulent room. "I' m the man who gives you this life. The beautiful house, the
. You are not divorcing me. We are going to go home, you are going to ca
truly believed he owned me, that
id simply.
g little smile, decided to intervene. She glided to my
this is happening. I never meant to cause any trouble between
out, was a deliberate, calculated insult. She
ch as if she were toxic. "Don' t
for Lily. Her face, which had been a mask
ou' re just jealous! You' re old and Dad doesn' t love you anymor
e last, microscopic fragment of my heart
mall table, knocking over a glass of champa
nched. "You don' t deserve to be my mom! You never cared about me or
ho
ated, and poured my soul into. The house where I ha
smissive one. I saw Jessica standing beside him, her hand protect
maternal bond I had cherished for so long-it didn' t just crack, it vapor
r who wore her face. A cruel, selfish stranger who had helped h
transcended tears. It became
y hand, and turned my back on them all. I walked out of the room without a
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