After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 10

At the last second, Alistair turned back around.

Something made his heart pound unexpectedly, but the hallway was already

empty.

That feeling of panic transported him back to years ago, to the year Sophia died. They'd been fighting over something trivial when her call came through. He'd assumed she was calling to apologize, and was about to smirk when he heard her fading voice instead.

"Alistair," she'd whispered, "I will die."He frantically asked where she was. The answer: the hospital.

He'd sprinted there only to find Sophia on the operating table, covered in blood. She was died. She'd left him alone, never to return.

After that, his every girlfriend is resembled Sophia in some way, then dumping them the moment he noticed their differences. Until he married Elaine.

enough to accept all his affairs, to

now, something felt

could name, he remembered what

want to see

could be so important? He had

tug on his sleeve brought him back to reality. Vivian looked up at him from the hospital

beside her, placing his hand on her slightly swollen belly,

buried his emotions and told himself it was probably just anxiety about

thrown off by how long Elaine had been upset this time— he'd grown accustomed to her obedience during their three years of marriage.

smooth things over with

for hours, repeatedly checking

kept turning the screen on and off,