l and sobbed, not quiet tears, but ugly, heaving gasps of air. I cried for Lily. I

. I arranged Lily' s funeral. I picked out a small

he never called. He never asked about Lily. He hadn' t even acknowledged h

out the divorce papers. As the printer whirred, a notification pinged o

embled as I

his voice raspy. "You left me when I had nothing." But his eyes told a different story. T

. Then, she climbed over the railing and jumped into a lake below. The camera shook. Mark, despite his IV lines and

re. Mark was holding a soake

y have three months to live. I left you all those ye

breaking. "I never even loved our child. Every extra shift, every ri

ars dripped onto the divorc

n his firefighter's uniform from the day of the

ion. "Was it some sickness she got from you?" Before I could even proces

hifting to panic. "Emily? What's wrong? I'm on my wa

"Poor baby has diarrhea, had to rush him to the vet. Thankfully, someone was here to help." In the backgrou

bear. My devotion, my sixteen years of love, had done nothing but ensure my dau