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.

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

to Bradley and asked, “If

but did you ever treat her like one? Not even for a day,

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

lock up their wives like you did? You falsely accused her and sent her to prison for five

one boy and two girls there? When you used

pushed her into a corner again and again,

her name, but did you ever apologize for sending her to prison five

rather die than

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