The Unwanted Wife's Reckoning

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get pregnant

husband's. A miracle conception, perhaps, from a sa

nounced she wasn

lace – our Long Island home, now effec

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to the room n

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inal, under

like an eternity, Chloe a

tic. She wanted

came back to my sm

a conquering hero

ose. "Honey, you've been through

f alcohol. Celebrat

triumphant air,

ning to fix my hair.

oid of emotion. "How d

ching for my face. "Isn't i

and moved t

a way to refuse, to push

he hallway, along with Maria's, my loyal assista

. Ethan?" S

ma'am. They just went

Your sister suddenly feels unwell

iss Chloe is unwell, shouldn't we cal

t. It's affecting her. Sarah, please, I'm begging you. Let Ethan go

han was already scrambling out

now? Was it something she ate? I need to go check o

My voice was louder th

arah, Chloe just got pregnant. It's a critical time. I'll just go check, oka

Otherwise, I wasn't k

"She's my sister, after all. And you're my husband. Taking ca

satisfied smile. "Sarah, you

hurried into

hall, even Maria, standing awkwar

spered. "Anyone would think M

Miss Sarah, you can't let this go on. You hav

someone else has touched... I find it dirty, Maria. The

Ethan didn

't. Chloe's baby w

e ceiling. When morning ca

vo

oritism for Chloe was blata

y dared to bul

ivorce, I had t

ily to her new preschool as an exc

ter me since I was a child. She'd just

d heartbroken for me. But she was careful not to show it too m

ia with me. So I

Emily, straight to the b

, my bag was filled

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backyard, reviewing the papers

My tone was flat. "Don't you have an urgen

cousin introduced a new client, and they took over the whole thing! That project alone will bring in over ten

ent. "Sarah, isn't this amazing news? I

he was s

on at Ethan's Interiors. It would shut up the boar

Ethan," I said, man

urned in m