When she came to, it was already afternoon.
The house was a wreck, Cooper’s lifeless body still lying outside. Tears streamed down her face, unstoppable, until her whole body shook with the weight of regret, regret for ever meeting Dominic, regret for ever loving him.
She didn’t know how long she had cried before a call from the county clerk's office broke through her daze.
Wiping her tears, she buried Cooper, cleaned herself up, and went to collect her divorce certificate.
The bold red word “Divorced” stamped on the document made her exhale a long, shaky breath.
Finally, it was over.
That night, she boarded a plane out of the city.
Before she left, she hired a hacker to spread evidence of Dominic’s infidelity all over the internet. Then she uploaded the entire 128-terabyte folder of Caroline’s crimes straight into Dominic’s computer.
When everything was done, she pulled out her SIM card, tossed it in a trash bin, and walked away, leaving her past, and everyone in it, behind for good.
