Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband?

Chapter 319

Mila was stunned.

Even after climbing into the car, she sat there in a daze, her mind elsewhere.

Archie, noticing her distracted state as he drove, asked curiously, "Hey, Mila, what's up? Did you get anything out of your trip to church today?"

Mila just shook her head, still not sure what to say.

Archie didn't press. He'd only asked out of habit, and now that his altitude sickness had finally worn off, he was in high spirits, munching happily on beef jerky and humming along to the radio.

The black SUV rumbled steadily down the road.

Not long after they set off, Mila started feeling a little lightheaded. She'd done most of the driving the previous day, and after heading out again that morning, exhaustion was catching up to her. Worried she might be coming down with altitude sickness too, she took a few breaths from the oxygen canister, bundled herself up in her down jacket and a small blanket, and closed her eyes to rest.

Before she knew it, she'd drifted off to sleep.

Winter came around again.

It was a rare weekend break from work, and Mila and Forrest had made plans to escape to the countryside for a little food adventure and some much-needed camping.

was a lively group of

Someone even brought fireworks.

to watch the bursts of color light up the

spray of silver sparks flared right in front of her, making her

out a handful of sparklers with a bright, lopsided grin. "Wanna

you

would only be the big fireworks tonight, not these little hand- held ones. Growing up, she'd always watched other kids play with sparklers but never

she took them from

two bright clusters of silver

their little corner of

laughing as she turned to Forrest. "What do you think? Aren't

amazing," he said, his voice soft but

their intense beauty

disappointment flickered

more.

burned for a long, long time, and Forrest captured Mila's

campus, Mila waved goodbye to Forrest and headed back to her dorm. As she turned down a corridor, she caught sight of a

the distance, surrounded by a crowd, stood Lysander-impossible to