I was the seventh day after my miscarriage]
when I ran into Cassian at the mall.]]
He was carrying shopping bags.]
his eyes soft as silk when they landed on Elowen.[]
But when he saw me!]]
his face changed
He frowned instantly.]
What a
are you doing here?
Didn’t we agree to finalize the divorce fist?||
Or are you having second thought“||
His eyes were cold, sharp-||
I could feel them slice through me.
Dowen gave him a playful scold
then turned to me with an apologetic smile.]]
“Don’t misunderstand, Seraphina ||
Cassian’s just really eager to marry me.”
She let her gaze fall to my stomach.]
smirking |
Our weddings next week.
You and the baby are welcome to come.”
My hand instinctively moved to my belly.
but before I could say a word, Cassian cat in
“She’s pregnant.
She shouldn’t be attending weddings
What if something happens?
It’s bad luck.
My fingers froze.]
Once again.]
I was stunned by how cruel he could be (
Elowen having terminal cancer
Not bad luck
You lying in the hospital for her?]
Not bad luck
Me, carrying your childr
Suddenly, I’m bad luck
How ironic
But then again-
I’m not Elowen
Why would you
You knew I was fighting to save the baby ||
You just never showed up ||
If you’d asked
just once.
you would’ve known-
Our baby didn’t make i
1d nothing
Cassian didn’t seem
He leaned toward Blowen_||
talking about wedding details like I wasn’t even there.]
I watched them quietly.
montage playing in my head.
Cassian had changed the day Elowen was diagnosed
He stopped asking about the baby.
Stopped coming home-[]
Started vanishing for days.[]
At first he said:
“Seraphina, slse’s really sick.]
I have to be there for her!
Don’t worry.
its just sympathy.“]
Later, he said:
→Seraphina, her last wish is to marry me.]
I don’t want her to die with regrets”
I knew what he was saying
I didn’t want to understand]
He dropped those hists ninety nine times. ||
I gave him ninety nise excuses||
Sand no ninety nine times:||
Unial the hundredth
He didn’t hint anymore.
That day.
1 had just gotten my thirty–second injection to prevent a miscarriage
I’d barely left the hospital when I got his text ||
SAM, Wednesday. County Clerk’s Office. Diverre.“]
No “how are you“]
“I’m sorry.”
Just a cold, sixteen word sentence that sent me spiraling
I collapsed in the parking garage.||
called him over and over.]
But the
e only one who answered
was the 911 dispatcher.]
Later, the doctor told me:]
“The baby muldn’t he saved.“]
I laid in that hospital bed
walting from sunset to sunrise.]]
Finally,
a message came in from Cassian:]
“Stop cathing. Your ringtone’s annoying”
1 stared at the scrrm.
my lips bleeding from how hard I was biting them.]
Cassian,
you got your wish.]
Www.done
I hope you enjoy your perfect ending.
