The Wife He Thought He Broke

m, his face a mask of manufactured worry. Emily was sitting besi

ith you, Sarah? Your daughter is in an emergency room, and you' re

ttack, not a heart attack," I

just the right amount of theatrical despair. He was good, I had to give him that. "If you don' t car

ad been waiting for, th

ond of hesitation. "Get the p

ction he' d expected. He thought I would beg, that I w

etched with panic. My mother, Susan, saw me

lway. "They told me you wouldn' t come! That you didn' t c

gile-looking Lily. Her eyes, wide and scared, found mine immedia

voice trembling. "Please...

this moment of cruelty. I had to break her heart to save her life. I looked

and back as if he

h. "I don' t. To be honest, I love Leo more now. He ha

My mother gasped in horror. My father

," she cooed, casting a sorrowful look at me. "Sarah, you don' t mean

ll of them, I blocked my parents' numbers. Then I bl

again," I said to

ckage of my family behind me. I didn't let them see the tears