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.

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

unscrupulous in her aims.

believed she had gone to the Haskins' with the intention

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

would have thought, Wendy had indeed

into the Haskins' under those circumstances, Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh

face

"Irrational."

word, he left with

the front desk, he grabbed a pack of paper towels, wiping the greasy soup

frown at the mess, he carried the dog carrier back to his car, placing

was quiet, curled up, oblivious to its

for no reason, Fitch lit a cigarette, cracking the window to

cigarettes, he drove back to his

it himself. The house was

wouldn't be an issue.

his hair, he thought of the way Zoey

her,

aggrieved.

last night, in his disbelief, she had looked

to

the initial

his hair, he couldn't resist calling

the case of Belinda poisoning Wendy was still under investigation.

she heard her man was cheating again, she threw in the

that tramp Zoey have it better? We're both women; shouldn't she suffer

to refuse is laughable.

the start."

Wendy, said Zoey madedo it. Everyone would believe it was Zoey, even without evidence. They'd still suspect