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.

like his previous girlfriends. Nothing like Sophia. But sheloved him deeply enough to accept all his affairs, to clean up his messes when he

right now, something felt

name, he remembered

you want to

could be so

him back to reality. Vivian looked

his hand on her slightly swollen belly, feeling nothing beyond

he buried his emotions and told himself it was probably just anxiety about whether the baby would resemble

Elaine had been upset this time— he'd grown accustomed to her obedience during their three years of marriage. They'd never even had a real fight. This prolonged cold shoulder was unfamiliar

things over

with Vivian for hours, repeatedly checking his

and off, but no messages from Elaine