The Divorce Prescription

Hailey gripped her phone. She didn't want to break up with Jonah, but she wanted to save him from a dark future.

She didn't want him to live in the shadows for the rest of his life. She hoped that one day, he could truly step into the light.

Back when he was still Declan Zamora, he had lost his father at a young age, and everyone made fun of him for being the son of a drug trafficker.

He had always lived under that shadow, carrying that heavy burden all by himself. Later, his mother passed, and he himself had fallen off a cliff.

His entire life had been shrouded in darkness since the beginning.

Now, he was Jonah Pilsner. He had worked so hard to reach for the light, and for once, he was so close to reaching it.

She wanted him to live in that light.

Hailey gripped her phone tightly and steeled herself. "Jonah, I already broke up with you. Whatever happens next is your own business. That's it. I'm hanging up."

She wanted to hang up, but Jonah's furious voice roared through the speaker, "Hailey Young, come outside!"

"I'm not going."

"If we're really breaking up, then come down and say it to my face. What's the point of doing this over the phone? I'm right outside your house. Come down- now."

"Jonah, I've made myself very clear. There's nothing left to say."

"Hailey, I'm waiting downstairs. I'm not leaving unless you come down."

"Suit yourself."

She hung up.

in her hand. She looked

standing beside it,

after a bright bolt of lightning streaked across

out. Large drops pounded down

Hailey looked down again.

hadn't gotten back in the car-he was standing

entire frame, yet he still

his looked straight up at her as if trying

a sharp sting

he leave? Why is he

Downstairs, Jonah remained rooted

place. He

to leave

down.

s

were so happy And all fa sudden,

him a breakup

vanish. s

couldn't accept this

slid from his jaw and dripped to the

an umbrella suddenly opened above his

then

was Hailey. She had