The Woman He Discarded

, I couldn't

in my bones. Ethan Vanderbilt liked his weekend

se apartment with a view of Central Park. The g

paid for my brother Leo' s li

ofen, when I heard their voices from the living room. Ethan and hi

one from the office?" one of them a

I knew well, the one he used b

something else. Fre

table question. "What ab

pped breathing, my hand f

he' s old news. Practice. You can play any tune o

off the marble floors.

r friend chimed in. "Seriously, Et

whisper. "And besides, she's not much to look at. Honestly, I co

't break. It

to my feet, climbing up my legs u

desperate. He tho

red his moods, and pretended his cruelty was just a p

so casually, to his frie

action. He saw me as worthless.

nd dry-swallowed two, the b

as a bitter

was desperate.

r fo