Divorce: The Only Way Out

e the peak of my life' s ambition, but my eyes we

e, hinting at starting a family after three y

wasn' t alone; beside her, with a possessive hand o

and she was smiling at him i

, as he leaned in to whisper, and she laughed, an intima

ing me we were "killing it," but my gaze was fixed on Olivi

the effortless familiarity he had, everyth

ed me, until I finally stumble

ith a condescending smirk, called me "the b

my chest tightened, an

leep beside me, but the warmth turned to bitter self

n from the start-a deathbed promis

atuated, and agreed, hoping forced

on, culminating in last week' s "validati

I couldn' t live as a child she

ivia stirred, I looked her in the

been more clear; I signed the papers an

ing the voice that replayed her smiling at Mar

nd frantic Olivia, who pushed past hi

ivia," I said, my vo

k, as I pulled the signed divorce papers

don't have to keep your promise t

r eyes widening with disbeli

the papers in half, declared she would not divor

me; it was always