Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Gallagher fell silent again.

The director asked, "Do you hate your ex-wife?"

Gallagher replied, "Yes. I do."

"Why do you hate her?"

"I hate that she divorced me. I hate that she took my son away."

The director's tone turned clinical: "When you hit your ex-wife, had you been drinking?"

Gallagher shook his head. "No."

"You weren't divorced yet. So why did you hit her?"

A twisted grin spread across Gallagher's face as he looked up at the director. The camera caught the moment-his smile cold and warped. "In my family, if a wife doesn't listen, she gets punished."

The director paused for several seconds, then asked quietly, "Did your father hit your mother too?"

Gallagher shrugged. "All the time. Right up until two years ago, when my dad died of liver cancer. My mom never even mentioned divorce. I only hit her a few times, so why did she get to leave me?"

For a moment, the director's professionalism cracked. He muttered a curse under his breath, though the editors later cut it from the final film.

The last scene of the documentary was Karen and her mother taking her son to a follow-up appointment at the hospital. The little boy was recovering physically, but the trauma of being abused by his own father lingered in his young heart.

needed regular therapy, but his mother and grandmother were always by his

her mother carrying her handbag, the three generations walking side by side down the hospital hallway, their figures growing smaller and

rolled, a gentle

low, bright stars following close

out to the sound

her mother took the boy and left Northborough. On Briony's advice and with her help, they settled in a quiet old town. Briony handed

also told Karen that if she ever wanted to return to her

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series on various social media platforms. It was a risky move, but since the project had been made on a shoestring budget,

She's Mom was

views skyrocketed and the show became a sensation, sparking heated

popularity brought more than just profits-it

Mom gained traction, more and more women's support groups found the courage to speak out and

quickly followed suit, lending their voices to the cause. The spark lit by Because She's Mom ignited hope in

and soaring profits—the numbers kept climbing. No one

low-budget documentary cccess.

extraordinary success. Starlight's stock price soared for a solid week,

company on the verge of a buyout to the top three in the national media rankings in

was a spectacular victory. Of course, amid all this positivity, a handful of online trolls accused Starlight of exploiting women's suffering for profit. But their voices were quickly drowned out by

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but for the most part, people are rational and kind. Yes, Starlight reaped immense rewards from the success of Because She's Mom, but without it, the Women's Coalition groups would never have received such widespread