ch, presumably with Chl

, the things that were truly hers bef

s old tweed jacket, a f

house almost bare

' d first seen the magazine cover proclaiming

signed div

an break, no alimon

financially independent. S

days later, expecti

the silence amplifying t

ers were the fi

lawyer' s office an hour later, as he stood in

later by a tight-lipped

her phone repeatedly, each cal

ashed a vase, one of his "tr

ugh to her lawyer' s office and was

Sarah' s new, unlisted number, whi

is this? A mistake?

to us! After every

her, Sarah! I was

t throw this away!

ulative tactics, his inability to compreh

or her," his voice cracking with feigned em

once, her face impass

ere broken.

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