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

Chapter 102

Elijah recalled how, when Gloria still had feelings for him, she would daydream about their future kids.

She'd said if they had a daughter, she'd spoil her rotten-make her the happiest little girl on the planet.

If they had a son, she'd raise him to be just as driven and successful as Elijah.

Her eyes would sparkle talking about these what-ifs. She'd even sketched dozens of imagined portraits of these hypothetical children.

The moment she'd handed him those drawings, he'd torn them up and tossed the pieces into the fireplace without a second thought.

He'd told her, with ice in his voice, that he might have children someday, but certainly not with her.

He'd told her to quit wasting time on childish fantasies.

Now, the irony hit him like a physical pain. Back then, she'd been the one clinging

to his arm, sharing her dreams. Now he was the one haunted by visions of a life

with her that could never happen.

A knock interrupted his brooding.

"Sir, your driver's waiting."

grabbed the wrapped gift from his

say when he finally saw

collision threw Elijah against the roof

everywhere, slicing into his exposed

BOOM!

T-boned by a commercial truck, went airborne before crashing back to the

poured from multiple wounds, but strangely, Elijah

the little girl who supposedly

bystanders, approaching sirens-began to fade

hospital, the Phillips family huddled outside the OR, tension written across

As morning light filtered through the

family swarmed the exhausted surgeon, desperate

doctor's expression told them everything

multiple fractures-these were just the

critical issue was cerebral hemorrhaging. Blood was compressing vital neural pathways, but operating carried extreme risks. Their only option was to wait and hope the bleeding would resolve

would remain unresponsive-essentially

staggered backward as

voice again, it cracked with rage: "Where's the driver who did

family's head of security replied carefully: "The truck driver died on impact, but

it out!"

fury made the seasoned security professional

its source. It was the