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

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

caught in the middle. There was nothing he could

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

pack up

moving wouldn't do much good. If Timothy wanted to find

best thing she could hope for was

else to say to Vince except thank

these past weeks. Without him, she doubted she ever would have found the strength

the connections her grandmother left behind, and the way she'd taught Jessica to make paper-cut art, she probably would never have met Vince. And Vince would never have offered her a

her until she seemed a little more at ease, then finally

that had happened, Jessica

right now, she was

as a divorce had turned into a drawn-out

years pouring every ounce of herself into Timothy and their

it came time to leave, she felt so

things had reached a breaking

who knew how much

specialized in liver cancer, and booked an appointment with a

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