Ex-Wife Returns for Revenge

woman, her confusion deepenin

y. "Are you sure you have the right pe

man wasn't

Nicole's face and shoulders, as

kled cheeks, her voice shaky

ng tightly around Nicole's. "Thank God I've

ords came out. Too stunned, too

one soft but urgent, "I think you've m

r Nicole's lips. "Don't say anything, my dear. You'

lowly turned to the taxi dr

o the wheel as his face s

. "It is getting late, and it will not be safe for you on the stree

listen, she was too over

tooted on the horn twice. "Hey, are yo

t give me a second," she pleaded, but

the door shut, pealed out of there, and left

ed back to the woman. "Great, now we are stranded. Ma'am, pleas

rather ignore her again, the sound of

eek black Rolls-Royce Phantom came to a sto

nd a tall smartly dres

d jaw was tightly clenched in anger as he strode toward them with

grandmother?" he demand

both the question and his a

to her as if he was drilling into her. "I sai

tterly perplexed. "I di

terrupted, her voice full of emotion. "She didn'

flashing to confusion before smooth

talking about? This wom

th fell open

is grandmother again. "Come on, let's get you i

Nicole's arm with an astonishingly f

nce clearly running thin. "Grandma, p

grandmother thinks I'm her daughter, and instead of trying to underst

scorn. "Listen, lady, whatever your name is and the g

er. "Game? Are you for real

as grew louder, but

e and led her toward the car. "We're leaving,"

fists clenched as she w

th a mixture of ange

city of

....................

s Nicole wandered aimlessly, her tho

ing, a home, a husband, a life

a woman with nowhere to go, nobod

the street lik

, peering down every street for some s

ding, offering nothing but

alley. It wasn't much, just a rickety structure with

numb, Nicole s

r weight as she sat down a

herself, trying to ward o

s of the day, each memory c

, her voice shaky. "Tomorrow, I'll f

rept in. How could she fight against th

life when every door was

, using her bag for a pil

ut her exhaustion was too hea

er, a sound jolte

otsteps cut through stillness

pounding in her chest, to a

was

red, her voice t

ere?" he demanded, his

pounding. "What are you doing here?"