Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 528

Gallagher fell silent again.

The director asked, "Do you hate your ex-wife?"

Gallagher replied, "Yes. I do."

"Why do you hate her?"

"I hate that she divorced me. I hate that she took my son away."

The director's tone turned clinical: "When you hit your ex-wife, had you been drinking?"

Gallagher shook his head. "No."

"You weren't divorced yet. So why did you hit her?"

A twisted grin spread across Gallagher's face as he looked up at the director. The camera caught the moment-his smile cold and warped. "In my family, if a wife doesn't listen, she gets punished."

The director paused for several seconds, then asked quietly, "Did your father hit your mother too?"

Gallagher shrugged. "All the time. Right up until two years ago, when my dad died of liver cancer. My mom never even mentioned divorce. I only hit her a few times, so why did she get to leave me?"

For a moment, the director's professionalism cracked. He muttered a curse under his breath, though the editors later cut it from the final film.

The last scene of the documentary was Karen and her mother taking her son to a follow-up appointment at the hospital. The little boy was recovering physically, but the trauma of being abused by his own father lingered in his young heart.

regular therapy, but his mother

showed Karen cradling her son, her mother carrying her handbag, the three generations walking side by side down the hospital hallway,

the credits rolled, a

night sky hangs low, bright stars

out to the sound of

help, they settled in a quiet old town. Briony handed Karen a generous

wanted to return to her dream

ultimately titled Because She's

was a documentary, during post-production Briony unexpectedly suggested releasing it as a short-form series on various social media platforms. It was a risky

Because She's Mom was released online as a

and the show became a sensation, sparking heated

explosive popularity brought more than just profits-it triggered a

more and more women's support groups found the courage

quickly followed suit, lending their voices to the cause. The spark lit by Because She's Mom ignited hope in countless

profits—the

low-budget documentary cccess.

for a solid week, stunning the entire

a dark horse, Starlight leapt from a struggling, third-rate company on the verge of a buyout to the top three in the national media rankings

Starlight of exploiting women's suffering for profit. But their voices were quickly drowned out by the wider public, who

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way of amplifying the worst of human nature, but for the most part, people are rational and kind. Yes, Starlight reaped immense rewards from the success of Because She's Mom, but without it, the Women's Coalition groups would

every story. Human nature is never