His Knees, His Pleas, But Our Son's in Peace

Chapter 10

Nathan's eyes darkened. "Do you think I'm blind, Doris? The day before our wedding, you went to Nightmare Bar, didn't you?"

I paused, my mind reeling as I tried to recall that day. The memory

was faint but still there, lodged in my heart like a shard of glass. I had gone to the bar, yes. But not for the reasons Nathan assumed. That

day, I had gone to find him. To talk. To tell him how much I loved him,

how much I wanted us to be together, to build a future together. But

had

from that night echoed in my mind. "You

my heart out to him, but his response was nothing short of cruel. "If you want to be my wife, I can make that happen.

The humiliation, the rejection. After that night, I had gone to the bar, needing to drown out the pain of his words. But now he was throwing that back

"I went to the bar because you broke me, Nathan. I needed space, and

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a flicker of something-doubt, perhaps?-cross his face. But it was quickly replaced with anger. "That's not the point, Doris. I

amber color inviting me to forget everything for a while. I was about to take another sip, my mind heavy with the weight of everything that had happened, when a