My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Jasper walked mechanically, got to the burned body, and knelt heavily. He reached out his hand, but as soon as his finger brushed the body, he pulled back like it shocked him.

“Esther! I’m so sorry!

“This is all my fault! I promised to keep you safe, but I let you down!

“Esther, I… I…” Jasper’s hands trembled as he tried to hold it. “I’ll take you back.”

Bradley seized Jasper by the collar, his voice filled with threat. “Jasper, you can’t touch her!”

“Can’t? Bradley, what gives you the right to stop me?”

Bradley couldn’t believe this burned body was Esther, but he wouldn’t let Jasper near her, even if she was just a body.

declared for all

turned to Bradley and asked, “If she’s your wife, where’s the

your wife, but did you ever treat her like one? Not even for a day, not even for an

the firefighters, the police, the doctors. Ask them how

you did? You falsely accused her and

of her life in prison! Did you know she had one boy and two girls there? When you used her kids against her, did you see her as

a corner again and again,

cleared her name, but did you ever apologize for sending her to

She’d rather die than have anything to

deserve it! You shouldn’t even be at her funeral, and you shouldn’t shed a tear for her!