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.

my wife,” Bradley declared for all to hear, which

“If she’s your wife,

wife, but did you ever treat her like

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

You falsely accused her and sent her to prison

the best five years of her life in prison! Did you know she had one boy and two girls there? When

her into a corner again and again, did you think

did you ever apologize for sending her to prison

you. She’d rather die

be at her funeral, and you shouldn’t shed a tear for her! Your disgusting, self-righteous love