Chapter 0127
Abby

The warm afternoon sunlight casts dappled patterns on the ground as we walk through the park,

holding cardboard coffee cups in our hands. The warmth seeps through the cup, mingling with the crisp

air. It’s a nice moment, bordering on something that feels almost normal.

And then we stop in front of it—the old oak tree.

Its massive trunk and sprawling branches are as iconic as they come. It’s always been a sort of

landmark in this small town, here long before the town was ever built. But to me, it’s more than just a

tree. It’s a bitter reminder of another life, of another version of us.

We took our wedding photos under this tree.

“Do you remember?” Karl asks, his eyes meeting mine as if he’s searching for something—recognition,

perhaps.

“Of course I remember,” I snap, maybe a little too quickly. “How could I forget?”

He looks taken aback, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion. Then, as though sensing he’s

wandered into a minefield, he falls silent.

We stand there for another minute, neither of us able to speak. Then I can’t hold back any longer.

staff the truth?” I ask, my

cheated on you with the gardener?

silent, the creases on his forehead deepening. I wait for what

waning with

“Karl?”

“No, Abby, I didn’t make an official

me, mingling with a heavy dose of disbelief. And yet, somehow,

isn’t it? “That must be why Gerald was giving me dirty looks from the

earlier.”

what?” Karl’s eyes flash, a ripple of anger surfacing

“It’s nothing, really.

perturbed

moment, it looks like he

forcing himself to calm. “I’ll speak with

the record straight?” I press, my voice filled with frustration. “About

again, and my annoyance flares up once

didn’t you clear my

it would make me look incompetent,” he finally

handle my personal matters

my reputation gets

Karl. You need to man up and do something

meeting mine without evasion this time. “You’re right.

Abby.”

Karl is so willingly offering to make things right. I was so

yet somehow, he’s

anything else, he changes the subject. “Where do you

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