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."

long can that

course,

Everett, I wouldn't have gotten my hopes up in the first place! Seeing him, so

have one last

promise, went to a bar, and was seen with another woman, even letting her answer his phone. What's there to talk

stemmed from believing that

I'm sorry.

won't do

give me one more

didn't want

Not again.

wasn't that Karen couldn't forgive Jeffrey's mistakes. Disagreements and bickering didn't bother here much; she'd

promise?

even curious about his side? Maybe things aren't as

woman aside, he went to the bar,

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