Timothy didn't mind the place being small. In fact, once he stepped inside, his restless heart finally began to settle.

He let go of Jessica's wrist and made himself comfortable on an old wooden armchair in the living room, acting entirely at home.

He looked up at Jessica, his gaze dark and unreadable.

"Come sit down. We need to talk."

Timothy made no effort to act like a guest; he was as at home here as anywhere.

Jessica raised her hand in a dismissive gesture. "Unless we're talking about the divorce, there's nothing left for us to discuss."

Timothy's brief calm was instantly shattered by her words.

"Do you realize how annoying it is for a woman to keep threatening divorce? It gets old, you know."

"Then get it over with," Jessica shot back, her patience thinner than his. "I'm even more tired of it than you."

This marriage was a disaster. He could afford to waste a lifetime, but she couldn't.

countdown, racing toward the inevitable. She didn't have time

she'd go back to Riverside City to find Ines and get back in

so many things she needed

unraveling quickly,

level. "We agreed on a month.

Jessica's slender fingers danced in the air, her anger barely contained. "How many times have

her hands were

-how

took hold before

mind, things between a man and a woman should always be mutual-that's how you got quality, and he demanded quality in everything, whether it

things to get any more strained

softened, losing some of its edge. "Not

her points with calm precision. "You've broken rule

to perform marital duties. Rule five:

remember

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