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.

the little girl. Her daughter swung her legs happily, playing around

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his gaze remained fixed on Julia across the table, as if she were the only one in his world.

was Franklin’s “urgent matter.” And this was the daughter she had carried for ten months, nearly losing her life to bring into the

After a while, she withdrew her gaze and

away.

papers. He had been her girlhood dream, yet he had never truly seen

would never have married her. In the past, she

across the face. Almost seven years had passed.

putting the divorce papers in an envelope and instructing Auntie Sara to give them to Franklin,

the evening when father and daughter returned.

her father’s clothes, moving sluggishly as she got out of the car. Because her mother was here, she actually hadn’t wanted to

Aunt Julie said her mother had come specifically to spend time with her and her father, and they would make her sad if they didn’t

said that if they didn’t come back tonight, mother would surely

she had reluctantly agreed to return. But she was still worried and said glumly, “Dad, what

Franklin said with

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tried to find ways to spend more time with him, she

dare upset him..

memory, Maggie had always been very obedient to Franklin. Since he said

gloom disappeared as she bounced into the house, telling

the envelope to Franklin, “Sir, Madam asked me

casually asking, “Where is

packed and returned home at noon. Didn’t