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.

to accept all his affairs, to clean up his messes when he grew bored, even keeping a child that might resemble his dead

right now,

he could name, he remembered

is important. Don't you want to see what it

be so important? He

to reality. Vivian looked up at him from

placing his hand on

emotions and told himself it was probably

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

smooth things over

Vivian for hours, repeatedly

on and off,