After a long, heavy silence, Timothy finally made up his mind to leave.

The way things stood, Jessica simply had no intention of speaking to him.

He'd known it, really.

The real reason for coming today was to get a strand of Jessica's hair for a DNA test with Vince.

But once he saw her, he couldn't help but try to talk things through.

Now that he'd gotten what he came for, the divorce...

Well, that could wait.

He'd wait for her to be ready in ten days, just like she'd said.

After Timothy left, Vince messaged Jessica.

Come home. He's gone.

When Jessica got back, Vince was waiting in the living room.

"Sorry," he said, sounding a little sheepish. "He kept pressing me about where you were. I tried to throw him off, but I guess something got into him and he just

showed up anyway."

didn't blame Vince

been the one to help her leave in the first place. It was only natural

caught in the middle. There was nothing

Vince reassured her. "He promised me he won't

pack up

wouldn't do much good. If Timothy wanted to find her, he'd always find

thing she could hope for was that he'd

to say to Vince except

Without him, she doubted she

way she'd taught Jessica to make paper-cut art, she probably would never

seemed a little

everything that had happened, Jessica felt a

was

divorce had turned into

of herself into Timothy and their son, losing

to leave,

least things had reached a breaking point-thanks to

shot at ending her marriage. Otherwise, who knew

hospitals nearby that specialized in liver cancer, and booked an appointment with

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