Sarah has her arms around his neck, laughing.
They are called the cutest couple, and my
daughter is yelling, “Go Daddy, go Mommy!”
the TV, and leave the divorce papers
ording on the table, take one last look at
use, and leave for the airport.
ust as I’m getting on the plane, Jake calls:
“Chloe, I’m almost home. Meet me downstairs.”
“Jake, we’re over, I want a divorce.”
“What? Chloe, I can’t hear you?” I can hear
Sarah laughing, so the event isn’t over. I hang
up, get on the plane and block his number.
After I hang up, Jake keeps calling. But the
phone is off. What was it Chloe said? He feels
afraid.
Sarah is there with the kid “Is Chloe not picking
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up? She’s being dramatic. You were only being nice. Moms just want to have grandkids.”
“Don’t worry, Chloe is old and can’t have kids,
she has no one else. She’s just dramatic. I’ll get
you a new dress, yours is ruined.”
Jake is barely listening. He starts calling, but
it’s off. Chloe never did that. Then he
remembers her saying she’d always be there.
He looks around, but there’s just Sarah and the
kid.
He feels uneasy. He tells Sarah, “I think I need
to go check on Chloe.”
Sarah says, “That’s exactly what she wants, you
idiot. If you go now, she wins. She’s trying to
play you.”
The kid hugs him, “Don’t leave mommy, don’t
go to that mean woman.”
The words cut deep. He looks at Sarah, and
says “Chloe never plays games. She was sad, I
need to go take care of her.”
“Fine,” he snaps. “I’m going home, your bill is
on me.”
He rushes home, and Chloe is gone. There’s a
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divorce agreement on the table.
He remembers her holding papers that day.
Does that mean she knew then? What is
happening? He sees the USB and plugs it in. He
hears the recording, and his face turns pale.
He gets a call, “Hey dude, you can’t do that!
How could you? Did you not see Chloe? She
must be hurt.”
“What?” Jake asks.
“You know you’re on the news? You were at a
kid’s event. You and Sarah were the cutest
couple. Mark’s family is trying to get rid of it
online.”
Jake remembers that Chloe watches the news
every morning.
His colleague asks, “What happened? Are you
still there? Why aren’t you talking?”
Jake says, “Chloe heard the recording, and now
she wants a divorce and left. She’s gone, she
doesn’t want me anymore.”
While Jake is looking for me, I land in Paris. I
get my old job back. It’s something I always
enjoyed. But after the accident, Jake made me
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quit because of his concerns about my safety.
He said he’d take care of me. I thought, if I
can’t have his kids, I’d try to be a good wife. I
feel so stupid now.
Jake calls every day and sends texts, but I
block his number.
That “cutest couple” video is blowing up online,
and Jake is trending. Everyone thinks Jake and
Sarah are soulmates. Jake didn’t respond to
any of it. He lets everyone think what they want.
But what he does or doesn’t do is not my
concern.
I focus on my work, not knowing that the news
at home is crazy.
Just when everyone is convinced Jake is in love
with Sarah, he goes to Mark’s house with a
DNA test. The kid is not Sarah’s, she stole her.
Mark’s family wants a boy. When they realize
the kid is not theirs, they tell Mark that if he
doesn’t leave Sarah, they will cut him out.
Mark beats Sarah and divorces her. She tries to
go to Jake.
Jake has his help bring the kid in, then throws
Sarah out.
“Jake, why are you doing this? I love you!”
Jake grabs her, “You were the one who turned
on me, that email with the recording? That was
you! You tried to hurt Chloe. Those stories
online were yours as well! Why? You knew you
can’t have kids. You did it to hurt her!”
“Chloe is not a replacement. I love her, not you.
You should stay away from my family, you can
go to hell!” “I’m going to find Chloe, If she
doesn’t take me back, I’m going to kill you!”
The next day, I see Jake downstairs. He looks
tired. He’s holding my little girl, and looking at
me with hope.
