Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Shirley had barely stepped off the plane when her phone buzzed with a call from James, informing her that Abner had been assaulted.

She thought she'd misheard. Abner, always so mild-mannered and non-confrontational, getting into a fight?

Rushing to the hospital, she spotted James in the hallway.

"Mr. James."

"Shirley!"

James, visibly shaken and with a trembling voice, blurted out, "He was rushed into the ER last night. He's stable now, just a minor concussion, but he's lost quite a bit of weight. Go see him." Shirley, heart pounding, hurried into Abner's room.

Abner, awake with bandages wrapped around his head and looking pale, barely whispered, "Shirley?"

"Abner!" Shirley's eyes instantly welled up with tears.

"What happened? How did you end up fighting?"

Abner hung his head in silence, but James couldn't hold back and spilled everything about how Abner's background had been exposed.

Shirley was taken aback. The ordeal had been ongoing for two months, with Abner facing isolation at school, yet he hadn't breathed a word of it to her.

"Shirley, don't get mad. It wasn't Abner who sought trouble. It was a few boys from another class who cornered him."

Shirley's eyes as she grasped Abner's hand. "Why

want to worry

this, Shirley felt an acute pain

could he be so

James and I will

face was stern, signaling her intent to get to the bottom

her sleeve,

and gently patted his head,

okay, I'll

and a weak smile, Abner

flurry, Shirley was confronted with a shocking sight on the sports field

out

Shirley trembled with rage.

the school is letting this

massaged his temples, equally

two months ago, a group of

done nothing wrong. Why

calm down. I

you

Abner is indeed very mature. He kept up his grades and didn't tell about

too understanding, and that's why he's