Tabitha Gill, siphoned off our assets, and even threatened ou
to save me. After we married, he prided himself on being the perfect, vi
igned the divorce papers. The next day, I showed up at t
sented
wearing a pair of und
ven ask how I fi
car's display screen. On it, the nearly fifty-year-old Tabit
girl in the back seat couldn't tak
hese pornographic movies in the car. Are y
calmly told her, "That's footag
's illness as an excuse to stop me fr
ter that I secretly placed a tiny c
cidentally caught those two in the ac
y failure. When I was at death's door, my boyfriend Colin turned out
returned, I made my fortune running a pet funeral busines
perfect, virtuous husband, never even looking a
ove", the one he could never fo
staring me in the face and
ed their climax, Colin,
rite strawberry cake. You can h
trying to keep my voice steady. "You
course, I am working out in the gym and make su
essly would have made me giggle and shy.
ess talk. "I'll be h
the two of them, as if rehearsed, quickly messed u
s when Rita's room was le
om a long shift, and peeked
arly in the mornin
gged my exhausted body
were having an affair behind my back
what kind of trauma they might be causing
lashed through my mind. Could th
y. Three years ago, before I even gave birth, T
thing was normal, so conge
her so much that he was willing to quit his job
at environment, Rit
about it, the mor
elp, just call the
, the woman in the car behind
ulled up to the vill
husband is rushing to greet you with all his love." Th
ated that sys
every room of the villa. I worried i
e to know the moment you, my darling wife, comes home, or I'll w
t to track me, giving himself th
id you were out driving for rideshare again, Chloe. I'm real
eshare orders had been a spur-of-the-
I discovered that his lie
retending to be looking for a child to adopt. Back home,
m the second floor crying and howling li
floor and tapped her phone
"Tell me, when
s and ironclad eviden
e, you have to believe me. She's the on
I rolled my
ught last year cost over a million. That's grand l
shed, the living
ted, never one to make a fuss over
abitha. That would have been
fused to back down for once, not letting him o
ut on his forehead as he lowe
I were about to call my lawyer, he lunge
ferocious as I
d at him, wide-eyed and hel
didn't want to hide it anymore. She covered the swollen half of her face and
aking wi
er other, unbruised cheek, several times in a row. "What nonsense are yo
y seat, settling in
face should be swollen,
oice edged with a desperation
eated first, so how could
ed smugly, like a petty man who had finally go
e generous and tell you the truth. Long before I married you, Tabitha and I had feelings f
this, but hearing it with my ears
kidney to save my life. I was so moved th
erseas, he scrimped and saved,
e took care of me in
judge of character, but it turned
leave sixty percent to him and
how you felt, why bother marrying me a
sed his eyes as he spa
dn't understand. What could
ould be decided by me. But you? You went behind my back and left the count
this. His hatred began simply because I wen
liev
nated a kidney to save me, did
st a bargaining chip, so I could marry you and get my revenge. You're so pathetically naïve, thi
a failed natural delivery. I nearly passed
aw me like this, he felt so
people could fake de
autism, that was all my doing. So, how
the blue. My heart plu
familiar, yet it felt like
andoned and would become hyst
ppointment, I was
as proud
d." I kept it shor
ed thorn buried deep in my bones
should leave the marriage with
, Colin's expression
our life. Everything you have should be under my control. You, get out of here with
at him,
you pitiful fool. And don't forget
been legally emptied, I remained c
ce agreement, leav
Colin called out to me, "Wai
What
f she were nothing but garbage to Colin, dangling
ut the trash, Colin
sgust. "You think you can dump this
y precious
d gone to th
make me stay? Dream on. You're a sickly person. Even if
olin to sign an agreement that
o repay you for donating your kidney to save my life. From n
ed out of the villa. He spat
ress, boasting that her first chi
bragging that his mist
t the custody of my
o quick to divorce him before tomorrow's n
om across the negotiation table, his face tu