The Husband's Cruel Secret

door creaked open,

ook at me,

, landing briefly on my m

his usual charism

voice lacking any warmt

so utterly disconnected from

xpression tight with fury

ed at me, his exp

sive. "Those supplements... Jessica's doctor

So man

surprisingly steady, though it felt like it w

ched. He coul

e's really sick, Sarah. She needs this. It's her last chance to

ally sa

marriage, over the loss of our child

ntinued, his voice rising. "You're being

lost our baby because of

stepping forward,

. I needed to see him

e dangerously quiet, "was an in

s hair. "It's complicated. Her health is deteriorating. This

xtinguishing the last embers of

ive years, the man I thou

aps a flicker of fear or r

ctic, his voice softeni

ly am. But we can try again. We're young. Jessica j

ut, as if to

as if he we

I said, the word

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, then turned and walked out of the room, n

ears, died in that sterile hospital ro