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

course,

in the first place! Seeing him, so handsome, capable, and responsible, being utterly perfect

one last

broke his promise, went to a bar, and was seen with another woman, even letting her answer his

believing that Jeffrey would

I'm sorry.

won't do it

give me one

want to

Not again.

Karen couldn't forgive Jeffrey's mistakes. Disagreements and bickering didn't bother here much; she'd vent to Dorothy

promise? That was

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

aside, he went to the

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