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It was unbelievable. After all that had happened, he still thought this was about me wanting something from him-like a wedding could somehow replace the life we lost.

"No," I said firmly. "I've decided to divorce you."

His patience snapped. "Doris, what more do you want? Isn't the

wedding what you've been asking for? I'm agreeing to it now!"

"Agreeing?" I almost laughed at the absurdity of it. For ten years, I loved him so deeply that I lost my own self-worth. Even when people thought I was the mistress, I stayed. I endured everything because I

loved him.

having Oliver-weren't enough to win

gentleness he could show, that I realized he

I didn't want it anymore. I didn't want him. I didn't want to be tangled up in

I took my suitcase-the one holding Oliver's ashes-and returned to the villa my mother left me. She had always said

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Pleas, But Our Son's in Peace

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picture. I cried until there were

world, and

unnoticed and alone.

surprise, Nathan found

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