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

and he'd been the one to help her leave in the first place. It was only natural that Timothy would

have felt caught in the middle. There was

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

pack up and

do much good. If Timothy wanted to find

for

else to

past weeks. Without him, she doubted

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

stayed with her until she seemed a little

happened, Jessica felt a renewed determination

right now, she was no

a divorce had turned into

spent all these years pouring every ounce of herself into Timothy and their son, losing sight of her own

to leave, she felt so helpless

had reached a breaking point-thanks

marriage. Otherwise, who knew how much longer it

to look up well-known hospitals nearby that specialized in liver cancer, and booked an appointment

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