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

Chapter 13

Elaine had a point.If all he needed was a wife who can solve problems, anyone would do. Yet for some inexplicable reason, he couldn't stand the thought of

letting her go.

He wanted her by his side-for whole life, maybe longer. He'd never once imagined what life would be like without Elaine.

Time was going, but he remained parked outside her house. As dawn broke, his phone suddenly blared to life. He jolted upright, fumbling for it, only to feel a stab of disappointment when Vivian's name flashed on the screen.

He tossed the phone aside and slumped back against the seat.

Closing his eyes, he found his mind filled with nothing but images of Elaine.

Teenage Elaine secretly following him across campus, thinking he hadn't noticed.

Bride Elaine walking down the aisle on her father's arm, her eyes full of love as she approached him.

quietly crying when he brought home yet another replacement

making it impossible to define exactly what Elaine

attention. He looked up to see Elaine approaching, dragging a suitcase behind

like panic flashed through

still carried its

it himself, but he was terrified she was

his sudden appearance, then glanced at the flashy Rolls-Royce parked nearby. The cigar butts littering the ground told her he'd been

before her,

on her wrist tightened as he repeated,

off one by one, then rubbed her reddened

forgotten we're divorced," she said flatly. Everything about her her voice, her movements, her eyes-was different now. The love and concern that had once filled her gaze whenever she

recognize. Someone who no

"You have

never agreed to the