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."

blame Vince at

friends, and he'd been the one to help her leave in the first place. It was only

must have felt caught in the middle. There

Vince reassured her. "He promised me he won't bother you again for a

pack

much good. If Timothy wanted

for was that

to say

done so much for her these past weeks. Without him, she doubted she ever

thoughts drifted to her grandmother-if it weren't for 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

her until she seemed a little more at ease, then

happened, Jessica felt a renewed

now, she was no match

something as simple as a divorce had turned into a

real problem was, she'd spent all these years pouring every ounce of herself into Timothy and their son, losing sight of her own

time to leave,

things had reached a breaking point-thanks to the courts,

at ending her marriage. Otherwise, who knew how much longer

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