Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

She couldn't even be bothered to utter the word "leave"; instead, she turned her head towards the window, pretending he wasn't

there.

Fitch's forehead was reddened from the splash of soup, and his temper, already on a short fuse, was being forcibly contained.

He wanted to explode, but seeing her so much thinner, and remembering the slap from the night before, he swallowed his anger.

"I've left the dog here."

As he finished speaking, Zoey cracked another smile.

"Take your dog and get out."

"Zoey!"

His tone grew stern, his features hardened, but her next words froze him in place.

"Mr. Haskins, are you going to slapagain?"

Fitch stood motionless, something piercing sharply through his heart amidst the dull ache.

He held the dog carrier, suddenly finding himself without a comeback.

To others, Zoey had appeared unhinged the night before, especially after dousing Wendy with boiling water. Without intervention,

who knew what she might have done?

It was a moment of desperation.

He had never been one to hit women.

because, in his heart, Zoey was that kind of woman - excessive,

unscrupulous in her aims.

had gone to the Haskins' with the intention of entanglement, which

that Wendy would cin person to snatch Ozzy seemed ludicrous, given Wendy's

have thought, Wendy had indeed done

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face

"Irrational."

single word, he left

he grabbed a pack of paper towels, wiping the greasy

the mess, he carried the dog carrier back to

curled

lit a cigarette, cracking the window

two cigarettes, he drove back to his

was left to care for it

wouldn't be an issue.

his hair, he thought of the way Zoey had

cared for Zoey's expressions before. When bullying her, she was humiliated; when

aggrieved.

in his disbelief, she had looked shocked,

the first time, he couldn't bear to meet a woman's gaze; her heartbreak

calm, devoid of despair, except for the initial fury of throwing the bowl. That calm unsettled

he couldn't

the case of Belinda poisoning Wendy was still under investigation. Belinda had

to it. But when she heard her man was cheating again, she

that tramp Zoey have it better? We're

fortune; her daring to refuse is laughable. She must be after my man,

the start."

Zoey madedo it. Everyone would believe it was Zoey, even without evidence.