The Blind Wife's Return: Rising From Ashes

four-year-old son's death certificate, but I left with

ugust 14th. My son, Leo

r our child, Eli had been holdin

arity gala, but his mistress wa

laying the "game" again-the same game they were playing in

th shat

g at the monsters

e off the stage to protect his mistres

d me beaten and dumped under a bridge, leav

s dead. They thou

surv

erform a radical procedure:

excise Eli Stark fro

as a celebrated neuroscientist, my

ed me with a massive diamond ri

unrecognizing eyes and asked

pte

per

death certificate for my son, but I left with a bir

the safety glass

her hand, a flicker of confusion passing over her

ments ready, Mrs.

s too quiet.

been four years since Leo drowned, but the paperwork

up the

cate of

Cause of death: Ac

at made it hard to draw a full breath. I closed my eyes for a

hed for the

of our marriage license, needed for t

was

ate of L

Cody

irth: Aug

ath hi

date again.

st 1

ed in

rom my face, leaving my

e parents' names li

: Eli

Kasey

lack. Instead, everything snapped int

me a roar. The scratching of a pen

y S

on who was born two month

ng to decide between a white or blue cas

"I... I think there might have been a mistake in the f

the papers

e it was coming from someone else, some

ike they were made of lead

tching the evidence of my husba

Birds were chirping. People w

disgu

so bright when mine had

brick wall of the bui

y Sh

stant." The one he said was indispensable. Th

s listed for Kasey on

akwood

e rise in

ago. He told me it was an investment p

is mistress and his se

out the last

eld me when I

will get through this, Har

A brilliant, so

ry hug, every "I l

Leo. He had a repla

lent shiver r

A blind, pathetic fool who had spent four years mourn

at the pa

me. Cody

St

. The man waiting for me

ngers were shaking so hard I

voice right now. If I heard his voice

r of my old universit

rs. Eli didn't like him. Eli

rang onc

e was warm, surprised.

outh, but a s

on Cody's birth certi

the phone tightening until my knuckles turned