Chapter <b>10 </b>


    Leonel stumbled through downtown like a zombie<b>.</b><b>[</b><b>] </b>


    On the sidewalk, kids were running around their parents,ughing and ying.[]


    Nearby, a new mom was holding her baby while chatting andughing with the dad.[]


    They passed right by him, and he whipped around to stare at the family until they were gone.[]


    Once upon a time, we’d dreamed of scenes like that–him holding our baby, me holding onto him.[]


    If he hadn’t been screwing around with Amari, if he’d just been a decent husband to me.[]


    Would he be the one with that happiness now?]


    Once the thought hit, crushing regret mmed into him, leaving him gasping and shattered.]]


    A weekter, I never expected to run into Leonel on the street.]]


    The man who’d always been obsessed with his image now had greasy hair and hollow eyes, staring nkly at something in the


    distance.


    I followed his gaze.[]


    Inside a luxury watch boutique, Amari–who’d been ghost for weeks–had her arms wrapped around some stranger<b>, </b>carefully picking out watches.


    She was spending his money, ignoring his desperation, while keeping another man.[]


    “Amari!“]


    Leonel shoved past the doorman and burst inside.[]


    Amari jumped back, startled.[]


    “What the hell are you doing?!” Leonel was livid.[]


    Amari blinked, then covered her nose when she saw it was him.[]


    “Buying my good buddy a watch!“[]


    Years of lies hit him like a bullet to the brain.


    Regret<b>, </b>rage, madness–everything exploded in his chest.[]


    He grabbed a crystal vase from the disy and brought it down hard on Amari’s head.[]


    The crowd screamed and scattered.[]


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    <b>Purca </b>Paterosho? Then Why’s the Baby Tus: Exetoy. Hur Ceis<b>. </b>Soumates<b>! </b>


    Amari hit the floor, but he climbed on top of her like a psycho.[]


    Smash after smash.


    By the time the cops showed up, Amari was a bloody mess andpletely still.]


    Leonel had totally lost it.[]


    The police dragged him past me as they hauled him away.]


    His face suddenly brightened.[]


    “Honey, did youe to take me home?“]


    “Baby, I love you so much! Wait for me to get some cronuts for you! Wait for me!“]


    I wouldn’t wait for him. I’d NEVER wait for him again.[]


    Due to his mental breakdown, Leonel was locked up in a psych ward for life.]


    But the living still owed their debts.


    The divorce settlement said all the money Leonel had lent out now belonged to me.[]


    Professional debt collectors beat those so–called “brothers” until they were bloody messes, and they were sobbing to pay up.]


    The crying and begging echoed behind me as I walked toward the exit.]]


    Nothing but blue skies ahead–my future was waiting.


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