Chapter 6  1 stared at Henry for a long moment, realizing he wasn’t joking.  Thinking of the things I still needed to prepare for Andrew’s burial, I swallowed my resentment…

Chapter 5  The next day, while I was packing my clothes, Anya suddenly barged in.  She glanced at what I was doing and smirked. “So, you know you can’t beat…

Chapter 4  Henry hadn’t come home for two days, while Anya’s taunting messages kept coming.  The one that stood out most was when she bragged, “In three days, Henry is…

Chapter 3  I pushed open the door and saw Henry feeding Anya at the dining table. She was being spoiled, throwing a tantrum and refusing to eat properly.  When he…

Chapter 2  I turned to him and said evenly, “Nothing, just that my ID card is about to expire, so…”  “Didn’t you just get your ID card two years ago?…

Chapter 1  On our eighth wedding anniversary, my husband treated Anya Hemsworth to dinner. Our five-year-old son asked for the first course.  She suddenly cried. “Sister, I know you’ve never…

Chapter 10  Nathan’s eyes turned red without him even realizing it. These past few weeks, he had been endlessly patient and gen- tle with me.  Sometimes, after we got home,…

  Chapter 9  Nathan turned and glanced at me. His face was tense, and his voice firm.  “I told you when you left for abroad that I never saw you…

  Chapter 8  Nathan needed help to the bathroom, leaning all his weight on me like he had no bones.  At mealtimes, he would whine about not having strength and…

Chapter 7  I couldn’t listen to him go on. I reached out to cradle the back of his neck and hushed him, gently patting his head in comfort. I didn’t…