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.

therapy, but his mother

the three generations walking side by side down the hospital hallway, their figures

the credits rolled, a

low, bright stars

the documentary ended, fading out to the sound

a quiet old town. Briony handed Karen a generous fee-enough to open a small shop and start anew, living a peaceful, worry-free life with her son

ever wanted to return to her dream of being an action star, Starlight Studios

was ultimately titled

was a documentary, during post-production Briony unexpectedly suggested releasing it as a short-form series on various social media platforms. It was a risky move, but since the project had been made on a shoestring budget, the

Because She's Mom was released online as

the show became

more than just

spotlight. As Because She's Mom gained traction, more and more women's support groups found the courage to

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

unprecedented buzz and soaring profits—the numbers kept climbing. No

low-budget documentary cccess.

Starlight's stock price soared for a solid week, stunning

leapt from a struggling, third-rate company on the verge of a buyout to the top

of online trolls accused Starlight of exploiting women's suffering for profit. But

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kind. Yes, Starlight reaped immense rewards from the success of Because She's Mom, but without