Chapter 189

I returned to my car after bidding Ash goodbye.

I was stewing in a swirl of emotions—happy, but also uneasy. I felt both relieved and worried,

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I decided to call my grandmother to share the news. But as the call connected, I noticed an ambulance hurrying toward the building.

“Yeah. The court case… Edward at least knew when to let go We’re divorced,” I muttered.

My grandmother let out a sigh of relief and Launched into a long–winded speech that I barely registered. My attention had drifted outside the window.

Paramedics were carrying Edward on a stretcher.

Sally trailed behind them, but as she descended the stairs, she lost her footing and stumbled forward. A paramedic quickly helped her up.

I recoiled, startled by the sight of her fall.

gotta go. I have some things to work on, but I promise

hung up and returned my focus to

as he was loaded into the back

could tell, even from here, that she’d been crying

a show, trying to guilt–trip me. But now, everything pointed to

seemed very sick.

his old illness

sped away, the sound of its whirring fading as

in a daze until my phone rang,

It was Soren!

words came back to me–I couldn’t remarry within the next 15 days, or

was I thinking about that? I wasn’t

clear the

now, isn’t it?” he asked warmly.

timing couldn’t have been a

congratulate you

felt heavy. “How did you

you say you had a

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