Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Pregnant and confined to the quietude of her home, Maja dared not inquire about the whereabouts of her husband, lan. Yet, while

she nursed her solitude, he was out gallivanting with other women, even neglecting to return to their shared abode in Greenfield

Gardens.

A surge of fury bolted through Maja from the soles of her feet, clouding her judgment with a haze of blind rage.

She stormed up to them just as lan shoved Queena aside. Maja's hand flew, striking him with a resounding slap.

"Smack!"

There she stood, her chest heaving tumultuously, her eyes catching Queena imploring, "lan, can we just leave together, please?"

The slap almost sent lan, still recovering from a recent illness, into unconsciousness.

Upon recognizing Maja, panic flared in his eyes. "Maja?"

Words swirled in her mind, a tempest of accusations and pain, but faced with the stark reality before her, what could she possibly

say?

She had imagined the missing man was faithful, but here he was, keeping another woman. Seeing was believing, after all.

Taking a deep breath, Maja turned on her heel and walked away.

lan staggered after her, "Maja!"

"Maja, it's not what you think!"

"lan, cwith me. I can heal you, really,

sanity was frayed, her single-minded goal to

ashen. With a swift motion, he

hands, he pursued Maja with long strides. As he ran, he

him to take

an eye on one single woman, Beck?

hearing this, was reminded of a similar reprimand when Maja had secretly visited

a wave of dizziness, especially when the scent of Queena lingered

to drive

"Maja!"

to stay conscious, and reached

indignant static. She shook him

car.

had things gone

once more to hold her hand, "It's not

at his itchy neck, knowing

pulled Maja into an embrace. "Beck will

voice hoarse.

utter another word, standing there, his chin resting

"lan?"

terribly wrong; his

them straight back to Greenfield Gardens, where Beck's people arrived promptly, taking Queena to jail.

counts of murder, Queena was sentenced to death, never to be

back to Greenfield Gardens, but by then, lan

action.

and had

we can do. If he can't get Queena's blood,