My Husband Wants Me Dead novel (Esther and Bradley)

Clark laughed heartily. “Compared to being in a coma, I’m doing pretty well now.”

Clark would be a lifelong comatose patient had luck not sided with him. Agatha’s intervention had spared him that fate. It wasn’t the fear of being in a coma that bothered him—it was the worry that his wife and children would feel guilty and blame themselves if it happened.

“I’m sorry I’m only coming to see you now,” Bradley said.

Clark had essentially witnessed Bradley grow up and held a deep affection for him. Noticing the dark circles under Bradley’s eyes, Clark asked with concern, “And you? Haven’t you moved on from the shadow of Esther’s death?”

Bradley sat in silence for a while.

Daphne placed tea and fruits in front of Bradley before returning to the kitchen to busy herself.

“Clark, back then…”

was well aware that Kevin would never have discovered

Kevin, aren’t you?” Clark knew Bradley might think he would stand by his

Bradley shook his head.

about Esther’s true identity. Perhaps, for many people,

father was an undercover DEA agent. After many years of infiltration,

his job, he later chose to live a normal

and they lived a seemingly happy life. But… one day, out of the

sole survivor. Similarly, because she witnessed this tragedy, her body’s protective mechanism

why he chose Esther for

never recall those painful times and, under the protection of the

He didn’t look into Bradley’s eyes but instead gazed up at the

I’ve been thinking lately, did we make a mistake at the beginning? Esther had the right to