The Stand In Wife's Revenge

trudged toward our bedroom unable to break f

ly served to highlight how empty our relationship was be

sting that he stay? His absence had already been

e last place that could provide it. I could only see the cracks in everything we used to have d

urrently on my side of the b

were waiting neatly stacked as if they had always been there. Liam seeme

ds shook as I reached out, reading the w

process it, my head whirled. My stomach rumbled. That was it. This marked

a blank mask and he didn't even look at me. Making hi

y breath caught. When I held the papers up betwe

f he had run out of emotions to share his eyes

though my lungs had been sucked out of air.

ice rasping with increduli

my eyes darting from his uninteres

his eyes, "I've been telling you f

d to concentrate on him by blinking away the tears. He was no longer even present emotionally. Yet he

stration increased my voice broke. "We are married. Because our lives are

ront of him. His face remained unchanged. He just let out a sigh and ru

intain the appearance that we are a happy famil

sed, engulfing me completely. "That's not

y way that would indicate he was still the husband

e the decision to keep this baby. Right now though I'm telling you that I do

apart by him. As I looked at him my hands held onto the beds edge for support searching for any ind

like a casual recommendation. "I will never become a father.

You're telling me... you're telling me to j

m in complete silence wanting to scream and hit him. Although Li

It's not something I want. I absolutely

do this. I need you. I need you here. We have

ready made up my mind. I'm done. After signing the paperwork, leave. I want you to lea

s voice. It felt as if the floor had opened under me and I was fa

e no idea what happened to us. I

ive tone. "Ava you have been clinging to a fantasy that

eaving me and I was powerless to stop the unstoppable weight of what was happenin

to be said. With the door behind him clicking softly Liam left the room. The subseq

re was only on