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.

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

comes down to it, file for divorce. Isn't domestic abuse exempt from cooling-off

was just a domestic

changing as they looked at Clyde. The Patterson family's powerful heir was someone they didn't want to offend. In the end, the police gave him

officer looked at me with sympathy. "It's hard to judge family matters, but... if you need to, consider

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

over Clyde. "Clyde, your wound's

nothing compared to what I had endured the day before. What was the big deal? I glanced at them and walked away without a

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

the earth, why bother with it?

my leg. I patted his head and kept walking. I wouldn't turn back for that scoundrel, not

to follow, but Kayla's whiny voice stopped him. "Clyde, I'm having an allergic

worriedly at me, but I shook my head and

was no allergic reaction for the entire time at the station, and suddenly, she was itching, huh? Her skin was as sensitive as

me when I got home, but I

settled in Aurorea and wants to

clutched the leash

say. As a

stayed with me, there was always the risk he'd