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!"

Queena clung to his arm, desperate. "lan, cwith me.

her single-minded goal to

darkened, his face ashen. With a swift motion, he knocked Queena

the two dozen shopping bags in his hands, he pursued Maja with long strides. As he ran,

instructing him to take

on one single woman, Beck?

was reminded of a similar reprimand when Maja had secretly visited

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

to drive

"Maja!"

biting his tongue to stay conscious,

mind buzzing with indignant static. She shook him off, her eyes brimming with tears

car.

gone so

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

the urge to scratch at his itchy neck,

he pulled Maja into an embrace. "Beck will explain,

her voice hoarse. "What do you

couldn't utter another word, standing there, his chin resting in her hair, his whole

"lan?"

sensed something was terribly wrong; his shaking was

to Greenfield Gardens, where Beck's people arrived promptly, taking Queena to jail. Charged

counts of murder, Queena was sentenced to death, never

gifts lan had dropped back to Greenfield Gardens,

action.

and had to break the news

that's all we can do. If he can't get Queena's blood, his dependency on