I chuckled a little. Carl didn’t just lose me–he lost himself, too.
“Is there really no chance for us anymore, Hailey?” he asked, just like I knew he would.
“Carl,” I said. “When you told me you were going to sleep with Wendy, did it ever even cross your mind that you were my husband? The father of our child? Even if Wendy was actually dying, she was just a friend to you.
“But you, in all your infinite wisdom, decided to sleep with her because you figured she was going to die anyway. Honestly, it’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. You really opened my eyes, Carl.”
Flustered, Carl tried to justify himself. “I didn’t know you were pregnant back then. If I had, I wouldn’t have… And besides, she never even had cancer. She lied to me.”
He was a doctor. He could’ve figured out the truth whenever he wanted. How did he not see it?
Maybe he honestly didn’t. But deep down, he chose to believe Wendy and walked away from me. That was his choice.
I raised a hand to stop him. “Just sign the papers.”
1/4
Chapter 10
I wasn’t interested in arguing anymore. Talking about it wasn’t going to fix anything.
He had no clue where he messed up. He believed he was just making a sacrifice for someone else and didn’t think he was cheating at all.
Carl signed the papers and walked off empty- handed. Just before he left, he handed me a small box. I immediately recognized what it was–the same necklace I’d lost before.
“Hailey, the new necklace is ready. I just never found the right time to give it to you,” he said quietly.
He was so careful that it nearly made me laugh. There was a time when I was the one tiptoeing around him, trying to keep him happy, begging him to come back. But how had he repaid me?
I flipped the lid open with one hand and saw it had the exact same design. It was an older piece, and I could tell it must’ve been difficult to find the original maker.
I noticed the scratches on the back of Carl’s hand, and he
