The Divorce I Never Knew

ways did after a "work emergency." She brought m

d, her voice a silken murmur. "We' ll have a party. A big

ld a familiar, steely resolve. It wa

lored suit that felt like a straitjacket. I followe

ith New York' s elite, all of them fawning over Catalina, praising

tical white uniforms and silver mas

ests of honor," Catalina e

at this was. I scanned the masked faces, my e

ou' re a lucky man, Eleazar. Catalina dotes on you. Tha

ther woman gushed. "She told my wife she wou

, and they were all

f glasses shattering to the floor. The sound echoed in the suddenly silent

with his torn uniform. I saw a flash of pale, trembling sk

e was ice. "You

oftening instantly. "Just a littl

nd dragged him towards the stai

them. I h

But she wasn' t angry. She was kissing him, her

she purred. "But I c

nd plan. To bring her husband to our anniversary party

ugh my chest, sh

muffled against her lips. "I just hate

le playing on her lips. "Then maybe you nee

ed her whispering those same words to me, promising to make my pain go

ay, my body numb, my h

onger in his uniform. She announced to the cheering crowd that sh

e bar, preparing a champagne tower. His eyes m

table. The tower of glasses s

here. A large, jagged piece

ged. She didn't lunge towards me. She

arble floor with a sickening crack. My

sting on my forehead. Dozens of

was holding Dixon, checking him for injuries, her face

st. She had made her choice. It

unded by people who thought I was the luckiest man in

e, finally turning towards me, her eyes wide with a f