y mind, a constant, looping horror film. I had gone
desperate attempt. After I had declared our marriage over, I didn't just walk away.
Ethan finally emerged hours later, flushed with
verything I said. I was angry. Just... help him. I'm on my knees. I wi
f pity and disgust. It was the look you gi
chest. She saw me and her eyes narrowed for a split second
her tone syrupy sweet. "You look exh
ect because she's stressed. She' s creating a crisis to get your attention." She looked at me, a cruel glint in h
anipulative, hysterical wife and him as the victim of my emotional
dge passing sentence. "You're unstable, Sarah. You're weaponizing ou
e the building. They were watching, their faces a mixture of curiosit
ng. "Take Leo to the pediatrician. Get yourself a ther
us. Completely and
dead yet. It was wounded,
"Not the whole interface. Just the handheld scanner.
cker of something-maybe guilt, ma
e, we can't do that, Sarah. The prototypes are proprieta
use. "She's right. The
ng down my face. "A waiver. A non-disclosure agree
gave a tiny, almost imper
h. "Fine," he said, as if grant
tched me with a triumphant smirk she barely bothered to hide. T
l, sleek device. It looked like a portable scanner
full release, holding the university and
said, reac
o had been "examining" a loose shoelace, straightened u
y me!" she
e concrete floor with a sickening crack. The screen went
s shattered into a million pie
mouth in mock horror. "Oh, Ethan, I am
. There was no anger in his eyes. Only relief. He
their faces-his relieved, hers smu
ifying emptiness. The love I had for him, the hope I had for
to be, something new and hard began to
beginning o
and walked away, leaving them standing