Chapter 2
He was there for her first parent–teacher conference, taught her how to ride a bike, and even did her first hair
braid.
Even when she got her first period or needed a bra, it was he who braved the store to get her pads and training bras. For ten years, he was like a brother, like a father to her.
At eighteen, Remington would go to the ends of the earth for Lizetta. At eighteen, Lizetta climbed into his bed, got caught, and it sparked a major scandal in Zion City. Fiona Dashiell, his grandma, beat him black and blue, forcing him to marry her.
His girlfriend, Evelina Hawthorne, left the country heartbroken.
He married Lizetta but didn’t love her, playing house without any real affection. A year ago, in a drunken haze, he made a move without a shred of emotion and refused to have children with her.
He resented her for ruining everything and wouldn’t let her call him “Remi” anymore. Yet, although she loved him deeply, she kept her feelings hidden, terrified of tainting his image – how could she ever drug him and climb into his bed?
Four years ago, that night, she had no idea what happened. Since then, everyone laughed at her for being promiscuous, and the Dashiell family never accepted her.
She was always compliant and trod carefully. She thought when her mother–in–law brought out the family bracelet and Remington spent their anniversary with her, it was a sign that she was finally accepted and liked by him. But it was all just her foolish fantasy.
Hope and despair were only a hair’s breadth apart. Everything that happened today was like a silent slap, waking her up completely.
She didn’t want to go on like this. She wanted a divorce – to set him free and to free herself!
sitting on the floor?” Edith stood at the door, looking surprised.
away, quickly blinked away her tears,
“What’s up?”
Mr. Dashiell left, he asked me
Lizetta knew it was birth control. She took it
the door and numbly started to tidy up the mess on the floor. It was only when she saw the bloodstains on
herself mockingly, cleaned the floor, and then attended
the candlelit dinner and cake she had prepared were
out.
her failed marriage. In the living
insisted on meeting Lizetta. The bracelet incident, it was he who spilled the beans to
go start the car; I’ll take Joseph
I feel bad.”
rushed into the room; the child’s forehead was burning up, feverishly
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scared, Joseph. We’ll go to the hospital right away.”
was nearly midnight, and after
might fuss when he woke up in the night, Lizetta decided to go back to the ward to grab her
snacks.
to the ward was ajar, and she
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