Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Leonard didn't say a word as he picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip, only to start coughing violently.

Bernie passed his handkerchief over to him. It had been years since he and Leonard had shared a meal like this.

Leonard was still coughing, looking like he might pass out at any moment.

Bernie thought to himself that the man across from him had truly aged. Back when Yvonne was making a fuss about marrying

Leonard, the man could still crack a whip, though he'd only done it for show and never had the heart to actually hit anyone.

Even when Bernard had knelt outside their house for two days, Leonard had watched from the window, turning to Yvonne to say,

"Just watch, he'll leave after two hours at most. Don't forget what the seer said, you two aren't meant to be. He'll only bring you

trouble."

"Dad! Stop talking nonsense; what era do you think this is, still believing in that stuff?"

"You don't believe the seer’s predictions? When your mother couldn't conceive, he foretold she'd have a daughter."

Yvonne fell silent then, her heart aching as she looked at Bernard kneeling outside.

Leonard scoffed, convinced the young man wouldn't last much longer. But what he hadn't anticipated was just how stubborn both

Bernard and Yvonne were.

Eventually, as Bernard wobbled on the brink of collapse, Yvonne couldn't bear it any longer and dropped to her knees alongside

him.

I know what kind of man he

can dote on your grandson and enjoy your

kneel

engaged and married soon after. But a year into their marriage, Yvonne stopped visiting her

Then, without any warning signs, Yvonne becpregnant, and

and on, like

he had been holding and pressed it down on the table with one finger, "Bernard,

wouldn't want to see you like

for the letter

don't you think everyone out there is a hypocrite? They always tellto let go, but would they

I just want Yvonne back. I need her to tellin person why

he slowly closed his eyes. His fingertip remained on

know what to say anymore, his fingers starting to shake.

tablecloth off the table.

what people are saying? They say Yvonne betrayed me, that the child wasn't mine,

remember Yvonne's first love? They spent a year abroad together. Ssay her

that she marriedout of

again, his grip tightening on the envelope,

cracked a mad smile, a glint of frenzy in his eyes, "Everyone's saying it. Otherwise, why would a perfectly

that her first love was accidentally gunned down at a

month before she took her

anger, "Bernard, is that

Why did she kill herself? Why did she