The Wife Who Erased Us
mind, a scene that played on
cold, hard rain that
h surface digging into his knees. His son, h
sti
le against the gle
sickening sound of impact. It happened while they were trying
suit somehow still perfect despite the dow
have stayed a
sister' s funeral, promising to be back soon. He had found out she hadn't just vanished, she h
wanted to
ng them to drown in debt from the tech repair shop they were
rutal, shoving him away from the gallery entrance. In the c
arm was broken, a sharp pain shooting up from his
ttered was the small,
ut, the name a shard o
r her head by an assistant. She looked at the scene with a chilling lack of emot
She looked at him, broken a
sadness. No s
on' t listen, Ethan," she said,
Ethan pleaded, his voice cr
said flatly. "A tie to
d her shoulder. "We offered you
d hatred. This woman, this monster, was the struggling artist he had defie
siness transaction. "It' s a family tradition. My sister understood it. Now I do. We mar
purse and let it flutter dow
Ethan. If you ever come near me or Daniel again
th her chin tow
inside Eth
o a firestorm of rage. He didn' t feel his broken ar
surged to his feet, throwing the bodyguards off
ed for
r in her eyes for the fir
s hands aroun
f, but he held on. Her expensive perfume filled h
rning purple. H
en another. Daniel was stabbing him with somet
eezed
ious thought was of his son, his sweet, innocent Leo, and t
e was only
there
eyes fl
ir as if he' d been und
his bed.
ove the tech repair shop. Sunlight streamed through the
drumbeat of terror and confusion. He frantically che
other side of the room. He turne
avorite set of worn-out building blocks. He look
e awake! Can we
was
e and perfe
bed and rushed to his son, pulling him into a despera
ou' re squ
urying his face in Leo' s soft hair, inhaling the sce
or o
he was dressed in a simple black dress. She looked exactly a
cerned, the perfect imitation of a loving wife. "The fune
e once felt was replaced by the cold, h
the calenda
day she left for h
it all
given a se
, there would