In the end, he never lost control of me again, never panicked for me again.
“Let’s divorce. Like you once said, I’ll grant your wish.”
My words felt heavy, yet to him they were as light as air.
He smiled faintly with mockery. “Evie, you won’t divorce, for this family, for our daughter.”
“Between us, we have already gone beyond lovers; countless ties bind us tightly. You won’t be willing to divorce, because you love me deeply.”
I looked at his confident expression and felt it was absurd.
“What if this time, I truly mean it?”
Before I could hear his reply, a phone rang.
It was Heidi’s; if he no longer loved her, why, after so long, was his ringtone still her instrument recording?
Such poor skill, who else could it be but her?
I still remember when we argued about this. He had said, “Heidi’s playing isn’t that good, using it as a ringtone is just to acknowledge her, and even that you want to argue about?”
After the call finished, he nervously moved toward the door. I suddenly caught his sleeve without saying anything.
“Ezra, one last time, if you go see her today, we are totally over.”
He quickly pulled away from me and spoke in a strict voice.
“Stop it. Don’t cause problems; she is not feeling well right now. I’m going to check on her.”
“Why can’t you stop being jealous all the time? If you didn’t get someone to start that fire today, she wouldn’t be in the hospital!”
At last, the door slammed shut, and all I could hear around me was the wind.
After Ezra was unfaithful, I decided to forgive him. But over the past years, I spent every day and night hurting because of what he did. He kept thinking I was acting unfairly, always bringing up past issues, so starting now, let us fully separate.
Suddenly, my phone started to ring.
It was Attorney Harper calling, her voice a bit serious.
“Ms. Russo, Ezra has just taken the money from the trust fund account you created for your daughter.”
“Every amount has been moved into Heidi’s account.”
For her sake, Ezra even took this money illegally, which is really shameful.
After the call ended, I quickly called another number right away.
“Hello, I want to make a police report. Someone has committed fraud.”
Within only half a day, I saw the money go back into the fund account, and at the same time, my phone kept ringing nonstop.
Ezra called me again and again, more than ten times, like he had lost control.