Chapter 107. Not Mutually Decided

ASHLENE

No, I’m not Mrs. Daniels. Not yet.

Seven years is such a long time to talk about. I can only lay down the highlights. The best things that had happened. The worst ones I had to tolerate.

After the annulment, I focused on law school. I granted my father’s and brother’s request to assist them in hearings and their cases. I even tried to draft a motion, and all those times, Lyle was of great help. He has been the perfect mentor… but he was only focused on academics. I swear. Or at least it started that way.

My life only revolved around being a law student and a good daughter and sister. Then that one time I bumped into Dylan at the city public library, I was caught off-guard. I watched him tables away and saw the kind man whom I had spent years with. I had questions that day: what went wrong? When did it start to feel wrong, and most of all, is there no way to take it all back? I guess it was only my confusion that made me do those things, coupled with f