A Wife's Vengeful Art

broke the sile

eatrical shriek that had mo

ou doing? You're getti

r workbench. She started frantically dabbing at the r

a polished concrete flo

rip, feeling the world start to tilt an

riously? You come into my gallery and try to kill yourself with a scratch? How

e. The last thing I heard before everything went black was the

to the gallery right now.

mell of antiseptic. A bright light was shining in my ey

rse at the counter couldn't hear. "Humiliating me in front of Chloe

. My wrist throbbed with a dull ache. I

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n't deal with this right now. I have to g

r, a kind-looking woman with graying

bright. I need to speak w

k, she's fine. She's just being dramatic.

She looked at Mark, then at me, her eyes

my primary concern. Based on my conversation with her, and the information provided by the paramedics, it's my

am recommending an immediate 72-hour psychiatric hold for her own sa

t. Someone believed me. It was real. I wasn't ju

ughed. It was a

This is just Sarah being Sarah. She can't handle any pressure, so she pulls

tempt. "A psychiatric hold? Don't be absu

st that course of action. Your wife admitted to me that she wanted to die tonight. She is in a severe

cing whisper. "Are you calling me a negligent husband, Doctor? My wife is an emotion

anger and resentment. "Get your things. We're go

ng but cold ash. He didn't believe it. He would never believe it. To him, my pain was