Chapter 9 - The Divorce Papers Were Finally Burned
One year later, Naomi found the divorce papers.
They were still in a drawer.
Unsigned.
Forgotten.
She took them downstairs.
Adrian was in the kitchen with their daughter.
He looked up.
“What are those?”
“The papers.”
He became still.
“Why do you have them?”
“I found them.”
She walked toward the fireplace.
Then dropped them into the flames.
Adrian stared.
“What are you doing?”
“Making a point.”
She smiled.
“You know, I hated you.”
“I know.”
“I thought you didn't love me.”
“I know.”
“I thought you married me because your family forced you.”
“I did.”
She raised an eyebrow.
“That's not helping.”
He laughed.
“I married you because they asked me to.”
He walked toward her.
“But I stayed because I chose you.”
She looked at him.
“Better.”
He kissed her.
Their daughter began clapping.
Adrian smiled.
“She approves.”
“She has good taste.”
“She gets that from you.”
Naomi leaned against him.
For three years, she had believed their marriage was a mistake.
Now she understood.
The divorce papers had never been their real ending.
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They had been the beginning of the truth.
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