throbbed and her ears rang as she rose from the bed,

filled her as she reached between her thighs and felt a sticky wetne

t be. Where am I?" She looked around and

el suit

. There's no other exp

s scared and she closed her eyes. "This is not Joe," She cou

ned one eye and saw the sleeping face of a str

n any case, she must leave the hot

*

d the living room, h

will get what you deserve," he said with a straig

ears welled up in her ey

g off her cheeks. He said nothing. He only

r stomach. Boldly written on it is 'Divorce Agreement'. Vaness

ing him through blurry vision, "W

legs were still shaking becau

Joe said, his face s

ther man's bed so that you can have enough evidence to divorce?" she

e to bear children, which automatically disqualified her from m

n, after all, therefore, he c

he could do was send h

like this. I owe you my life so I will leave whe

t what she said but he

d by Joe she could not remember anything, even her name. Joe rescued

or Joe. She knew that Joe still loved Clarissa, and sh

inheritance, Vanessa even accepte

was standing in front of her with a straight

n the document and applied her signature. S

a suitcase. Shoes, clothes, toiletries, in they went. As

ding day. She put it into the box. Af

tcase out of the room a

grabbed her wrist. She yanked it awa

, "Take it. It contains enough to

is eyes, then turned her back on him,

go. Something in him told him to s

doing?" h

stopped in his tracks when the phone in his hand vibrated wi

you r

me up now," Clarissa r

on my

his pocket, grabbed his ca

d in front of his gate,

uld be able to get a cab before he com

oomed out from the other side of the street, headed straigh

er luggage sprawling to the side of the street, content

landed beside her, shattered, th

gers were shaky and stained with blood, which

t to pull herself up, all to no avail. Every

e out in a black sedan withou

iting for him, so much so that he did not see Vanessa

*

Vanessa, a phone rang an

tion of things?" a

the house

ked again, irritation and i

She's

came t

ne wen