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.

his mother and grandmother were always

walking side by side

credits rolled, a gentle

hangs low,

fading out to

her help, they settled in a quiet old town. Briony handed Karen a generous fee-enough to open a small shop

her dream of being an action star, Starlight Studios would

documentary was ultimately titled Because

social media platforms. It was a risky move, but since the project had

Sunday night at eight, Because She's Mom was released online as a

views skyrocketed and the show became a sensation, sparking

than just profits-it triggered a powerful

women's support groups found the courage to speak out and ask for help, empowered by

voices to the cause. The spark lit by Because She's Mom ignited

profits—the numbers kept

low-budget documentary cccess.

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

horse, Starlight leapt from a struggling, third-rate company on the verge of a buyout to the top three in the national media rankings in just one

this positivity, a handful of online trolls accused Starlight of exploiting women's

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Yes, Starlight reaped immense rewards from the success of Because She's Mom,