Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 112 An Unpleasant Inquiry I looked at him baffled.

“Wasn’t the divorce trial scheduled for today? Why wasn’t there a hearing today? Why’d you cancel it?” He stared at me impassively, but his tone showed displeasure.

Had he gone to the courthouse? No one knew we had postponed the trial.

The only logical explanation.

was that he had been there.

“Something came up, so I had to reschedule it at the last minute,” I explained.

“Are you having second thoughts again?” His face grew stern.

“How could you even consider it after what he’s done?” I was much calmer than he was.

I took a few sips of my glass of lemonade and said, “I might not be able o get a divorce anytime soon.” to He fixed his eyes on my face.

“Why not?” “There’s nothing I can do.

my parents to blackmail me,”

him to stoop so low.” “Do you plan to let him manipulate you

than risk upsetting him.” We

thought of the Murphys in my

pause, I looked at him and asked, “When

gave me a long, unnerving

tea for me, which the server

it toward me and asked, Would you like to resolve the situation?” “As long as my

brought it up, I sensed

Somehow, I trusted him.

make some arrangements,”

know

do is play along.” “Thank you!” It was dark outside when

me some brief instructions at the door, and we got

the Murphys there, I

out

a ticking time bomb, and the constant anxiety was

ease my anxiety, I took a detour