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