Discarded Wife, New Beginning

one ever read. I signed the divorce papers without reading them again, my hand steady. The final

Miller?" the lawyer asked, h

m. "And no, that' s everything." I walke

r honeymoon in Italy, his arm slung around me, both of us laughing into the camera. I took them out of the frames and tore them into small pieces. The collection of vintage records we' d spent weekends hunting for. I l

cting anyone. I opened it to find Liam standing there, and next to him, holding his

loe needed to get some things. With the baby coming, she'

triumphant smile. I said nothing, just stepped aside to let them in. The air grew thick with

the sofa. "A shame you have to leave. But I suppose it was never really

dart. I refused to give her the satisfaction of a re

py sweet. "He' s so excited about our son. He talks abo

and sealed it with tape, the

ned to see her stumbling, her hand clutchi

she shrieked. "She push

ill on the box. I hadn' t m

y. He didn' t even look at me. He didn' t ask what happened. He knelt be

nto his shoulder. "She' s angry a

absolute. "How could you?" he roared, his voice shaking with a rage I had ne

idn't even consider my side of the story. He

al," he murmured to her, his voice full of tender concern. He carried her out of the apartment, leaving me s

in a fire. Now, he a

tle, devoid of any humor. It was the sound of a heart breaking for the fina