How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 628

Of course Elodie was a little bewildered-she couldn't understand how the problem could possibly be with Jarrod, her ex-husband.

She took a moment to collect herself before asking calmly, "Can you be more specific? What exactly is the issue?"

The sharply dressed man across from her seemed surprised by her composure. After a brief hesitation, he pulled out a file. "According to the paperwork you submitted, Ms. Thorne, you indicated that you're divorced. However, after a thorough review on our end, we've confirmed that you are still legally married." "That's impossible. There must be some mistake," Elodie blurted out instinctively. Wasn't this absurd? She had the divorce papers, signed and sealed. Clearly, something had gone wrong somewhere along the line.

"No, ma'am, I'm afraid not. As it stands, you'll need to provide your spouse's information for your application to proceed."

A spouse's details count as essential information-nothing could be left out.

The office needed to verify everything, cross every 't', and dot every 'i'.

A heavy weight settled in Elodie's chest, her usually composed expression faltering for the briefest moment.

She glanced down at the documents the official had handed her.

It was all there in black and white-she was still registered as married.

They processed these requests all the time; mistakes like this were supposed to be impossible.

So then...

documents. "Alright... I'll

is accurate," the official replied. He, too, seemed to sense something was off, but stuck to protocol and

brows at Elodie. "How does something like this get mixed up? Elodie, you're a special case-everything

she could do was force

let any shock show on her

heart was pounding, a tangled mess

get to

was so critical. There

a deep breath to steady herself, Elodie gathered her IDs and headed straight for

an appointment at the records office, handed over her identification, and asked, "Excuse me, I'd

clerk looked a little puzzled that anyone would need to check something like this,

Thorne? According

face went utterly

wave shot straight to

a long moment, she just stared,

the blazing sun, she climbed into her