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

Chapter 56

With the wedding imminent, I still had a few essentials to collect.

Gavin, clearly out of his element, insisted on accompanying me. Being virtual strangers, I couldn't politely decline.

We passed a boutique jewelry store where an overly enthusiastic clerk practically pulled us inside. Her effervescent manner made refusal impossible.

The shop's intimate ambiance was surprisingly comforting.

As I browsed the rings, one particular design caught my eye.

I was about to stop Gavin from purchasing it when fatigue washed over me. As I turned to leave, a familiar voice cut through the air.

"Yvonne!"

audiences

face impassive, to find Luke clutching the ring I'd

How could I forget?

- a sapphire with a hidden

materialized.

stepped forward, reaching for my

onlookers, except Gavin and me, began

my hand away, and the ring sailed

A heavy silence descended.

personal space," I said,

as if struck. "Yvonne, isn't this what you've always

was too

happened before discovering his infidelity, before enduring three solitary abortions... perhaps I would have tearfully claimed that