CHAPTER 2: THE MESSAGE SHE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO SEE
That night, Olivia sat alone in her apartment.
Her phone kept lighting up.
Old messages.
From Daniel.
From a woman named Claire.
She opened them.
But what she saw was not cheating.
It was hospital bills.
Arguments.
A child’s medical file.
Her breath slowed.
“No…”
Then another message arrived.
From Claire.
“I never wanted him. He stayed only because of the child.”
Olivia froze.
A photo appeared.
Daniel holding a little boy in a hospital room.
Not romantic.
Tired.
Broken.
Her hands shook.
“So he didn’t cheat…”
But anger still didn’t fade.
Because she remembered what she saw.
Not love.
May you like
Distance.
And silence.
