When Love Becomes a Cage by Nora

Chapter 13

Chapter 13



"Melanie, what did you just say? I dare you to repeat it!" Clyde let go of Kayla's hand and stormed to where I stood.

Rocky growled again, prompting the officers to pull him away quickly.

I cleaned my tears and looked at Clyde coldly. "I said we're getting a divorce. Are you deaf? You are acting like this even in the police station. We had nothing left between us, Clyde. Let's have a good ending. Let's divorce. I'll take my dog and make way for your mistress."

Tears rolled down my cheeks. I wasn't sure if I was acting or if the pain was real.

Something flitted across his eyes before he became enraged again. "You're divorcing me over a dog? Am I worth less to you than a dog? I swear I'll remove that mutt today, and nobody can stop me."

I held Rocky close as Kayla grabbed Clyde. She was practically gleaming with excitement. "Clyde, let it go. Why lower yourself to argue with a beast?"

As Kayla spoke, her eyes gleamed, all victorious-like at me.

Brenda spat in disgust. "Shameless creature. Can't you see, Clyde? It's not about the dog. Melanie is divorcing you because of everything else, right?"

The police station was buzzing with people, and bystanders began to interrupt.

a divorce." "Such a big man, taking his anger out on a dog? That says a lot

file for divorce. Isn't domestic abuse exempt from cooling-off

I knew it was just a domestic dispute. Clyde might have moral issues, but that wouldn't be enough to

whisper something to his colleagues, their expressions changing as they looked at Clyde. The Patterson family's powerful heir was

we left, a young female officer looked at me with sympathy. "It's hard to

much, but I was grateful. It was the most help she could offer within her

over Clyde. "Clyde, your wound's reopened. It's

compared to what I had endured the day before. What was the big deal?

voice echoed, but I didn't stop. Rocky tried to

the earth, why bother

nuzzled my leg. I patted his head and kept walking.

follow, but Kayla's whiny voice stopped him. "Clyde,

I shook my head and hailed a

entire time at the station, and suddenly, she was itching, huh? Her skin was as sensitive

got home, but I

"Melanie, my son's settled in Aurorea and wants to bring me

clutched the

what to say. As a neighbor, she had done

Rocky stayed with me, there was always the