Ex-Husband's Denial: Wife Reclaims Her Shattered Life

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deep, bone-chilling cold that seeped up

of white and gray. The smell hit her next-copper and anti

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obbing ache, but the wetness between her le

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s locked, covered in dried, flaking blood. H

the clean part of her dress, smearin

screen

manuel was dead to her. The

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to her ear, the ringin

as groggy with sleep. "Wh

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's wrong? Wh

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's voice, replaced by sheer panic. "I'm coming.

phone slipped from her finge

pulled her

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streaking past her like shooting stars.

alongside the gurney, tears streaming down her

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bout the baby, but a mask was pressed over her

to step back!" a

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n, and Fiona was wheeled inside. The

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bouncing around the hollow s

a mouthed, though

arm. A warm flush spr

rkness took her again was the bright

maybe minutes,

replaced by the soft, ambient lighting of a VIP suite. The

clear the fog from he

ght swell that had been there just hours ago was gone. The tightness

as just

oice came from the

Her eyes were red and puffy, her hair a mess.

throat felt like it had be

scared me to death. I thought...

at the ceilin

drey started, he

otion. It was as if someone had reached inside her an

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ried to smile, but her face felt stiff, the

anger. "Emmanuel is a monster. He left you t

nything. She just

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blinked

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ulled a compact from her

staring back at her was pale, her lips bloodless, her

a tear track on her cheek.

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e largest bouquet of white lilies Fiona had ever seen. The

se chirped. "These just arriv

able. Tucked among the blooms was

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as sharp and fami

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dramat

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drama

ing room floor. She had lost their child.

ion in her chest that grew louder and higher. It was a laugh, but it

sked, her eyes wi

laughing, the sound echoing of

lilies. The water was he

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it the wall with a deafening crash. Water, glass, and whit

ter died

t heaving. The silence in the room was absol

voice was quiet, but it cut th

n, staring at the

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pen from her bag and handing

e was none. She looked at the discharge papers on the cli

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own a singl

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want divorce papers

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t, then nodded. She pulled out her ph

g over Manhattan, painting the sky in shades of pink and g

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