The Heart I Gave The Love I Lost

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Much later, she went out. She wandered aimlessly through this country that felt both

strange and familiar.

Near noon, she remembered she had arranged to have lunch with Franklin.

Recalling the morning’s conversation, just as she was debating whether to go home to pick up their daughter, she suddenly received a message from Franklin: [Something urgent came up, lunch canceled.]

Maggie looked at it without surprise.

Because she was used to it. In Franklin’s heart, whether it was business or meeting friends… anything was more important than his wife.

Plans made with her could be canceled at his whim.

He never considered her feelings.

Was she disappointed? Perhaps she would have been before.

Now she was numb to it.

Maggie felt even more lost. She had come here so eagerly, only to receive cold treatment from both her husband and daughter.

Without realizing it, she had driven to the restaurant where she and Franklin had dined many times before.

Just as she was about to enter, she saw Franklin, Julia, and Isabella inside the restaurant.

Julia sat intimately beside her daughter.

girl. Her daughter swung her legs happily, playing around with Julia, leaning over to eat

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as he served them both, but his gaze remained fixed on Julia across the table, as if

was Franklin’s “urgent matter.” And this was the daughter she had carried for

stood there watching. After a while,

away.

Maggie prepared divorce papers. He had been her girlhood

In the past, she had naively believed that if she tried hard enough, there would surely come a day when he would see her.

slapped her hard across the face. Almost seven years had passed. It

instructing Auntie Sara to give them to

nine in the evening

the car. Because her mother

Julie said her mother had come specifically to spend time with her and her

if they didn’t come back tonight, mother would surely follow them on their sea trip tomorrow.

But she was still worried and said glumly, “Dad, what

won’t,” Franklin said

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marriage years, although Maggie had always tried to find ways to spend more time with him, she was still sensible enough whenever he showed his attitude, she

upset him..

memory, Maggie had always been very obedient to Franklin. Since he said she wouldn’t, then she

felt relieved. Her mood lifted, and her previous gloom disappeared as she bounced

course.” Auntie Sara responded repeatedly, then remembering Maggie’s instructions, handed the envelope to Franklin, “Sir,

took it, casually asking, “Where

home at noon.