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

Chapter 11

He was panic,he yanked open the bedside drawer, telling himself she'd probably

just hidden the photo because she was angry about recent events.

But the drawer was completely empty. Not just missing the frame-missing everything. He pulled open the closet doors to find nothing but empty hangers.Elaine had taken all her belongings.

His jaw clenched as he gritted his teeth.

Did she honestly think this would make him pay attention to her? He had made it abundantly clear-Sophia was the only woman who would ever matter to him, and soon, the only exception would be their child.

All he could offer Elaine was the title of Mrs. Chase. Nothing more.

Despite these thoughts, his feet carried him out of the room. Before he knew it, he was sitting in his car.

He annoyed with himself, and was about to head back inside when something caught his eye-something poking out from under the seat.

didn't recognize it. Leaning over, he fished it out from the

A divorce certificate.

shaking hands, he opened it. The names leaped off the

Alistair Chase. Elaine Faerwyn.

you want to see

couldn't tell

door, locked it, and started the engine in one fluid motion. The

the car, his face like thunder, he pulled

slowly. His irritation mounted with each unanswered

remembered how Elaine had called him repeatedly not

about the baby that after refusing to share blood for her father, he'd hung up on her and ignored her subsequent

same frustration and anxiety when she couldn't reach him?Or maybe worse-more helpless,

father had been dying on an operating table, waiting for blood that never came.He called again and again, losing count of how many times he redialed. Finally, she