Project Chimera's Reckoning

at the word "divorce

plit second before her composed mask slipped back

Ethan said, h

sica sat across the table, dabbing her eyes with

nufactured emotion, "I' m starting to remember things...

"Our marriage? Oh, that was just pragmatic. I needed his tech skill

like a steel ro

e papers, Jess

. She didn't fight for assets beyond what was already in

s building, the ci

out of your own company and your own home in one week. Guess who

dded slightly. "It' s for the b

than packed his essentials. S

photo. "Ethan, look. I... I think I remember this day. At

packing. "Were we, Jessica? Or was I just ha

t, confused act vanished.

suitcase and threw them across the room.

packing, his mov

s voice from the living room, talking to Kev

g back once he realizes what he' s lost. He always does. Now, about tho

, a sense of finality settling i