Beneath the Broken Vows

ut a trace of emotion, and they hung in the a

s lingering in her thoughts. I want a divorce. The quietness of the room closed in on her, suffocating and void

ughts. The kindness in his eyes that she had never felt, Of his touch that was always just beyond her grasp. It seem

kwood property, arriving at a tiny, isolated cottage where Elara, an older member of the Blackwood family, lived. Elara had consi

ds moving with practiced ease over the plants. The elder's eyes, shar

nt of concern in her voice. "

need to discuss something with you." She hesitated, her voice barely above a whisper. "It's

lanced up, her eyes narrowing

her yesterday. Andrew... " She swallowed, fighting back the bitterness

ndrew must have been over Vivian but it seems that I'm wrong about that. Vivian has been An

een aware of Andrew's relationship with Vivian, but she

having an affair, even though Andrew is already married to you." Elara's e

iage least it would have been better for me if ...?" Before Ceci

uses for anybody, my child. Jus

life she had created with Andrew was simply a mirage. The betrayal was pai

uietly, her gaze resolute. "I

t pleases you, child. And remember that you're a str

nsion, determined to follow a surprising new journey. She hastily gathered her possessions, h

other memories of his house, Cecilia opens th

t of her. Vivian lowers her hand which Cecilia assumed was just about ready to knock. S

an says, stepping past Cecilia and coming into

" Cecilia closed her mouth when sh

if she could stand whatever the answer might be. Vivia looked p

only fair th

ience chipping away at her tone. Viv

I'm here to move in because now that I'm pregnant Andrew said

Cecilia

tinued, "so you should

rlier. It all makes sense now. The time Andrew spent away and seeing them together at the hospital, now make sen

vian cries out as though she's relieved to see him, She clutches her stomach an

cilia?" Andrew yells. " I didn't know that you are so wicked." He believes Vivian automatically,

art freezing over. Cecilia laughed coldly. "Th

says the word shakily. She feels the bond sna

ou doing?"

tared back at her with wide eyes and his jaw slack. "We are done," Cecilia tells him and as the words l

Vivian, tears bl

avier as if tethered to memories

and Cecilia is broken and that is

hing is clear, tha