Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Stewart helped Briony sit down on the bed.

She took the glass of water he handed her, swallowed the medication the nurse had insisted she take, and asked, "When can we go home?"

They'd been away too long. She missed her two children desperately.

Given everything that had happened, she knew they were unbelievably lucky to have made it this far.

She understood the odds of finding a matching bone marrow donor were slim, but even if she was going to die, she wanted to go home first.

There's something deeply rooted in everyone-no matter how long you've been away, you want to return to where you belong.

"When your health is a little more stable." Stewart took the glass from her and set it on the table. "Do you want to FaceTime with the kids?"

Briony's eyes lit up. "Of course I do. How do I look right now, though? Still like a patient?"

"Much better than a few days ago." Stewart gave her a soft smile. "It's all over now, Bryn. You and the kids are safe."

Briony pressed her lips together, hesitating for a moment. "Did they ever find Ferdinand's body?"

"There's nothing but ocean at the bottom of the cliff. The search teams combed the area for three days and found nothing. Chances are, the sea took him."

fell silent at

pause, she asked, "What about

showed signs of a miscarriage, but she's in the hospital now.

to see

couple of days. Why don't you

Briony nodded. "Alright."

the children would notice how sick she looked, so she pulled her shawl higher to cover the hospital gown beneath. Then, to keep the hospital bed out of sight, she moved over to the armchair by the window, propped her phone at just the right angle,

James's face filled

bursting with excitement. "You heartless

though he hadn't said much, her nose stung with

two months apart, and it felt like

screen made her chest ache. Relief and

"James, I'm okay now="

tears spilled down before she could

red too. “Theard everything. Thank God you're alright. As soon as you're better, I'll send my dad's jet to bring

smile. "Alright. Where

the backyard with Lucky!" As James spoke, he carried the phone outside. "You have no idea how tough Lucky's life has been while you've been gone. Little Nina's been dressing him up, putting