Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

The last sliver of sunlight faded away at the horizon, and the atmosphere in the neighborhood grew heavy with tension.

The families, aware of their confinement, dared not make any sudden moves. They all sat in the living room, silently listening to

the negotiations happening outside.

The shouting had ceased, leaving everyone uncertain about what was to come. Their lives were all in the hands of Bernard.

And Bernard, he had lost his mind - or perhaps he had been mad all along.

He found his seat and slowly tapped his fingers on the armrest. When the silence persisted outside, a smirk played on his lips.

He turned to Lingery behind him and said, "Look at these people. The moment their wives and children are in danger, they clam

up. They can't spout their self-righteous drivel anymore. Such hypocrites, aren't they? What makes them any different from me?"

Lingery poured him a cup of tea, "Please, have a drink."

Bernard took a sip before asking, "How's Rachel doing?"

"She got the real lan out, but Dylan didn't fall for it. Thought he'd go after them himself, but he had the Sanders family call a press

conference right away."

"He's somewhat interesting, I'll give him that."

Bernard drank half the cup of tea, his gaze drifting towards the hibernation chamber where Maja lay.

"It's a shame, really. She's pregnant and the data's unstable. Otherwise, she would've been the first one for the experiment."

deep down, it

the surgery will be

had

harder to find peace. After

and it felt surreal.

the room, Sarah stood in front of a pile of data when Queena questioned her,

it Compound 111 in the

holding a syringe

as she pulled out her previous data records, "Is it possible you're

Compound 112."

research base for her photographic memory, seldom

brow furrowed as she double-checked the doctor's notes. But with evidence of alterations all over the document, she

if Sarah herself had made

whose expression remained unchanged. With a forced smile, Queena conceded,

wrong. My apologies. I'll inject

Lingery's attention, and he approached

"It's nothing. Just a minor error in the data

Queena, her face still etched with confusion, while Sarah appeared

follow Doctor's instructions, and remember not to make these

gaze on her, which made

her and lan together forever. If she

how important the experiment was

as she prepared to inject the next compounds, she found discrepancies with her

and she whispered to Sarah, "Doctor, are you

you have made a mistake, or do you

she brought back those trinkets earlier that day, things seemed off. But Queena's

beceven more cautious