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18 Hours of Surgery Couldn't Save Our Marriage
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A car accident left me with severe brain injuries. I was left hanging by a thread. My wife, a renowned medical genius, personally operated on me for 18 consecutive hours, pulling me back from death's grasp. Yet, the first words I said to her after waking up were, "Grace, I want a divorce." Her eyes were filled with tears. "Derek, I just saved your life, and now, you want to leave me? Is it because I've been too busy at the hospital? Because I haven't spent enough time with you?" I frowned. "It's exactly because you saved me that I want this divorce. I won't let you sacrifice your reputation for me." The family elders tried to reason with me. "Grace is such a wonderful wife. She takes care of everything and loves you deeply. Why insist on a divorce? Why throw away such happiness?" No matter who approached me, I dismissed them with the same response. "If you think she's so perfect, then she'll be available once we're divorced." The elders were furious. "Fine! Get your divorce! But don't come crying to us when you regret it!" I whispered under my breath, "The only thing I regret is not divorcing her sooner."
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As Grace passed by me, she stopped. She looked at me with hollow eyes. "Derek, I'm sorry."I could not forgive her. A simple apology was not enough, especially after ten years of lies. We were beyond repair.Ryan was criminally detained for attempted assault and falsifying credentials. Grace was fired from the hospital for embezzlement and harboring a criminal, facing further police investigation.The two innocent children were sent to live with their maternal grandparents.After that, Mom fell seriously ill. She could not understand how the daughter-in-law she had doted on for over ten years could be such a terrible woman.On the day I was discharged, Victoria came to pick me up. The sunlight was beautiful and felt warm against my skin."Mr. Hudson, where to?""Let's go to the beach," I said.The car drove along the coastal highway. I rolled down the window, letting the sea breeze caress my face.I had never felt so free. For over ten years, I had been trapped by my love and
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Mom was completely speechless. The daughter-in-law she had once been so proud of turned out to be such a venomous woman."This is horrible..." she whispered.I looked at Grace, feeling nothing but emptiness in my heart. My heart had gone completely numb.I began, "Grace, aren't you curious? How do you think I found out all this?"Grace whipped around to look at me.I said slowly, "I'll tell you. All of this was investigated at the request of Harry's mother.""Mrs. Thompson?" Grace's pupils contracted sharply, her face full of disbelief."That's impossible... Mrs. Thompson moved back to her hometown years ago. How could she...""She never went back," I stated calmly. "After Harry died, she moved to a different city. She always felt there was something suspicious about Harry's death, but as a single woman after her divorce, she couldn't investigate much on her own."Until six months ago, when she happened to see Ryan's photo in a medical journal."I looked at Ryan with sharp ey
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The photo's background showed a cozy cafe.Grace and Ryan were seated together with two toddlers between them, a boy and a girl who looked about two or three years old. The four of them looked exactly like a family.Mom stared at Grace in disbelief. "Grace, you... Didn't you say you wanted to be childfree?"Grace's body went completely rigid."Who said I wanted to be childfree?" Grace suddenly laughed, her smile carrying a hint of madness and vindictive satisfaction. She looked directly at me, saying each word clearly, "I never wanted to be childfree. I just didn't want to have your children."Mom staggered backward as if struck by lightning, collapsing into a chair."Why... Why would you do this...""Why?" Grace turned to Mom, her eyes ice-cold. "Because he doesn't love me at all! He married me just to possess me! He was jealous of Harry and wanted to steal everything that belonged to him, including me!""That's a lie!" I trembled with rage."A lie?" Grace sneered. "Do you da
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"You... What are you saying?" Grace's voice was shrill, filled with a panic she hadn't even realized.Ryan was also stunned as he looked at us in confusion. I let out a cold laugh and signaled Victoria. She understood and opened a set of photos on the tablet.On the left was Harry from our college days, wearing a white shirt and laughing brightly on the basketball court. On the right was Ryan in his white coat, his features bearing a striking resemblance to Harry. Especially those eyes, clean yet touched with melancholy.The hospital ward was filled with gasps."They look so alike...""It's like they were cast from the same mold."Mom was also dumbfounded, looking back and forth between the photo and the real Ryan. "This...""Grace, what do you have to say now?" I stared at her. "You weren't into Ryan at all. You were just looking for Harry's replacement.""No... That's not it..." Grace backed away while speaking incoherently, bumping into the wall."I didn't... I love you, De
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