Chapter 81

ETHAN

Watching her limp, she looked over her shoulders, her eyes pleading with me. My heart broke as I looked away, shutting the door behind them.

Looking at my shaky hands, did I really have to hit her back? Was I justifying myself by taking it out on her?

“Did you have to go that far? By hitting your pregnant wife? Watching her bleed out before you? Is that how I raised you?” My father yelled.

“Don’t get me started, old man. What happens in my marriage is none of your business!” I spat.

“Honestly, it isn’t. If I were her, I would gladly sign the papers.”

“All this is because of you! Always creating one mess after the other because you know I will always tidy it up for you. Well, that time is over. And why did you do that to her father? Why?”

“Why shouldn’t I have done that?”

“Are you fucking hearing yourself, Dad? Are you hearing yourself? Why shouldn’t you have? Her father is dead; he took his life. This is enough reason for Olivia