Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Queena didn't utter a word, her attention fixed on the medicine simmering in the pot.

Fabian's pride was wounded, and in a fit of embarrassed rage, he slapped the table.

"What's the deal here?"

Seeing Queena remain silent, he made a move towards the room where lan was resting.

"Fine, if you won't talk to me, I'll talk to the guy inside. And if he doesn't want to speak up, I'll toss him into the well outside!"

Fabian was used to throwing his weight around at home. His wife had been driven away by his temper, and if it hadn't been for the

school scholarship that Queena received, she might have never escaped a lifetof being on the receiving end of his fists.

Queena never cared about her father, but Fabian still saw her as the meek and compliant daughter she’d been in her youth.

He headed towards lan's room, but as he reached the door, someone smashed a chair down on his back.

He shook violently and toppled to the floor.

Fabian's body trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief, but he couldn't get the words out.

Queena pulled out a needle and thrust it into his brain, ending Fabian's life in an instant.

She returned to the stove to continue brewing her medicine, and after bringing it to lan, she went out to inform the villagers.

Fabian had a decent reputation in the village; though he was an abusive husband, he was also known to stand up for his neighbors.

And, like many men who were tyrants at home, Fabian was obsessed his dignity.

friends began to arrive to help prepare for the funeral and to

up

Queena sighed, her voice breaking,

few broken tiles on the roof when

village was dependent on Queena for medical care. With her mother gone and her father

everyone was filled

vegetables and pork to

help—swashed the veggies, others chopped them, and a few took on

simple canopy was quickly

do next, so others

village, mingling with the

roused from sleep by the bagpipes, their

to the door, only to see wreaths

turned to Tobias, who was

away over

Heard he fell off the roof and

main room for three days. Look, handsome, I brought you sfood from

he took the

dad supposed

but he won't be back until noon. There'll be

the rising smoke and spoke indifferently, "Should we head

after Abner, and now,

easy, handsome, you can't walk

Abner nodded.

fetched a stick that was just the right length for Abner to use as a makeshift

small enough to see in a single glance, situated