Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Abner had already made the call; his ride would be swinging by to pick him up shortly.

He had just finished a cigarette, a furrow creasing his brow. He didn't mind the cheap nicotine kick, but it always left a bitter

aftertaste in his mouth.

The sound of panicked voices drifted over to him, followed by the thudding footsteps of someone running in a frenzy.

"Queena, you gotta check this out, Phoebe just keeled over. She's in a bad way."

Pretending she was just hearing the news, Queena immediately dropped the axe she was holding.

Without giving Abner another glance, she bolted towards the commotion.

Abner kept his spot, puffing away. In his other hand, he fumbled with a match he'd nicked from the stove.

He sauntered toward the scene of the incident, only to find the cook who had given him the cigarette sobbing over a woman's

lifeless body.

The faces of the onlookers were grim; Queena had delivered the bleak news with a blunt, "She's a goner."

In just a short span, another life had slipped away—the gossipy Phoebe, of all people.

Murder wasn't a thought that crossed their minds; they simply couldn't fathom it. They chalked it up to a sudden, inexplicable

death.

out a heavy sigh, urging

the fringes, studying the pallor of the deceased woman. Her robust frame, borne of years of farm

type to just drop

was no doctor; he could only cast a suspicious glance towards Queena, who continued to console the crowd,

look after

Fabian, and now this family was struck by

be here soon and in three days' time,

who had betrayed him. None of this

swept the area, noticing the absence

was the age to crave excitement, yet he was

Abner decided to head over

spotted

ghost-white, obviously

"Tobias?"

drop to the

for Tobias

handsome, are we heading back

face; the boy's lips

dead body

"No, no, I just..."

who to tell. In a moment of mischief, he'd hidden

followed by

nothing like her

had stayed hidden, not making

murder and thought Phoebe might have