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.

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

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smiled as he served them both, but his gaze remained fixed on Julia across the table, as if she were the only one in

And this was the daughter she had carried for ten months, nearly losing her life to bring into the

stood there watching. After a

away.

divorce papers. He had been her girlhood dream,

pressure, he would never have married her. In the past, she had naively believed that if she tried hard enough, there would surely come

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

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

evening when

car. Because her mother was here, she actually hadn’t wanted to

come specifically to spend time with her and her father, and they would make her sad if they didn’t return.

said that if they didn’t come back tonight, mother would surely follow them on their sea

reluctantly agreed to return. But she was still worried and

Franklin said with certainty.

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

dare upset

very obedient to Franklin. Since he said she

and her previous gloom disappeared as she bounced

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

took it, casually asking, “Where is

home at