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.

legs happily, playing around with Julia, leaning over to

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

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

watching. After a

away.

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

she had naively believed that if she tried hard enough, there would surely come a day when he would see

across the face. Almost seven years had passed.

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

the evening when

out of the car. Because her mother was here, she actually hadn’t wanted to come

mother had come specifically to spend time with her and her father, and they would

mother would surely follow them on their sea

she was still worried and

Franklin said with

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ways to spend more

upset

had always been very obedient to Franklin. Since he said

and her previous gloom disappeared as she bounced into the house, telling Auntie Sara she

repeatedly, then remembering Maggie’s instructions, handed the envelope to

it, casually asking, “Where is

packed and returned home at noon. Didn’t you