If it wasn't for Jeffrey promising he'd never set foot in a bar again, Karen wouldn't have even considered marrying him, let alone having all the drama that followed! Now, she'd taken him at his word, married him, had a kid, and in a blink, Jeffrey was breaking his very own rule.

Karen just couldn't wrap her head around it. Why was everyone trying to talk her down?

"You're not wrong," admitted Dorothy, even though she really wanted to help Jeffrey and prevent a divorce. She couldn't deny that Jeffrey was at fault here.

Disagreements are normal in any relationship, but breaking a promise? That's a whole different story.

"I knew you'd understand!" Karen exclaimed.

"So, what now? You're really going through with the divorce?"

Dorothy wasn't trying to judge; she just thought that splitting over a small argument seemed a bit extreme.

"What else am I supposed to do? Throw a party to announce it?" Karen flopped onto the couch, legs kicked up and shaking, "Just now, while I was putting our daughter to bed, I was wondering what got into me. What made me believe Jeffrey would change for me? His folks probably spent a lifetime trying to set him straight without luck. What made me think I could?"

"...He still loves you."

can that love

of course,

up in the first place! Seeing him, so handsome, capable, and responsible, being utterly perfect for you, made me think maybe Jeffrey could be the

one last

turned impatient, "He broke his promise, went to a bar, and was seen with another woman, even

stemmed from believing that

I'm sorry.

do it

give me

didn't want

Not again.

bickering didn't bother

breaking a promise?

side? Maybe things

he went to the bar,

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