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…”

well aware that Kevin would

of the secret room to Kevin, aren’t you?” Clark knew Bradley

Bradley shook his head.

guessed no one had told Bradley about Esther’s true identity. Perhaps, for many people, Esther was dead. The secret had

was an undercover DEA agent. After many years of infiltration, he finally found evidence against a criminal group, and

dangers of his job, he later chose to live a normal life in a very remote

lived a seemingly happy life.

people, set fires, and Esther was the sole survivor. Similarly, because

she became Billy’s illegitimate daughter. Mr. Thomas knew about Esther’s true identity. That’s why he chose Esther for you, not just because she saved

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

look into Bradley’s eyes but instead gazed up at the vast blue

make a mistake at the beginning? Esther had the right to choose,