Unconscious Husband: Meet Her Love In Silence by Ken Slaner

The moment Ariana saw the landline phone in Melon’s hand, her heart skipped a beat. Realization washed over her. Her son had discovered something amiss, leaving her momentarily at a loss for words.

As she had feared, Melon broke into tears upon seeing her.

“Mommy, you lied to me. You gave me a fake number,” he accused.

Ariana found herself unable to speak. She opened her mouth, but her throat felt parched and constricted. An unspoken bitterness lingered there.

The number wasn’t fake; it had simply been disconnected.

And the man who once owned that number, Melon’s father, had indeed been real.

Tears streaming down his face, Melon gasped for breath, looking utterly heartbroken.

A ‘s L I

failed to connect, he’d sensed that something was wrong. Choking back sobs,

him into a comforting

to ask through hiccups, “Then why hasn’t he

Theodore weighed her down Like a

she fought to suppress a torrent of emotions that threatened

you very soon, alright?” Ariana managed to

Finally, exhaustion won out, and he fell

Ariana found herself alone

emotions she’d worked so hard to suppress

as her body shook uncontrollably.

thorns, each thought pricking at her heart and causing such agony that even breathing became