The bell above the door chimed softly. I smiled at the first customer. Life finally felt like my own.
“You really think he’d ever choose a broke housewife over a woman who actually brings something to the table?” he said, loud enough for the entire Tuesday trivia crowd at O’Malley’s to hear. He slid the divorce papers across the sticky bar, didn’t even look up when he walked out into the October drizzle. I didn’t run after him. I just watched him go, already feeling the heavy legal envelope waiting in my coat.
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