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At My Engagement Party, My Fiancé Told Me He'd Been Cheating Chapter 11
Two months later, in the middle of the night, I got a call from Boston PD."Is this Charlotte Ashford?""Yes.""This is Detective McCormick with the Boston Police Department. Is Connor Harris listed as your emergency contact?"My fingers paused on the keyboard."Has something happened?"Connor had never changed his emergency contact."There's been a traffic accident. We need you to confirm some details for the record."I closed my laptop."What kind of accident?"There was a pause. The detective's voice softened. "Multi-vehicle. Around two AM this morning, Mr. Harris's vehicle was hit from behind on the Charles River Bridge. The car broke through the guardrail and went into the river."My grip on the phone tightened."The driver of the other vehicle was a woman. DUI. Full-speed rear-end collision. She was the primary cause of the accident. She died at the scene. We're still working on a positive ID.""What do you need from me?""We need to confirm Mr. Harris's insurance information. Th
At My Engagement Party, My Fiancé Told Me He'd Been Cheating Chapter 10
I was used to working until two in the morning now. Coming home, showering, falling into bed. Up at seven, in the office by eight. Coworkers said I was overdoing it. I didn't explain.It wasn't ambition.It was that the second I stopped, I'd start thinking.About what? About the people I shouldn't think about. About the things that shouldn't have happened.So I stayed busy. Busy enough I couldn't think.I did this for nearly six months.In six months, hundreds of unread emails piled up in my inbox. Not work emails. From Connor.He couldn't find my phone number. I'd changed it three times.The first time was when I landed in San Francisco. The second was when he somehow got the new number. After the third, I had my lawyer file a restraining order.He didn't try to call after that. He knew if he did, I'd actually press charges.So he started emailing.One a day. Sometimes three. The first few were long. He had a lot to say. I'm sorry. I didn't know Aunt Eleanor would. I regret everything
At My Engagement Party, My Fiancé Told Me He'd Been Cheating Chapter 9
Later, our old housekeeper told me. Connor had been to every property the Ashfords owned.The Back Bay townhouse. The summer house on Cape Cod. The estate in Newport.One by one. House by house.The housekeeper said he'd come to the Back Bay townhouse.I'd changed the lock code after my mother died. He didn't have the new one.He'd stood outside for a long time. In the end, the housekeeper let him in.He went straight to the closet. He saw the black trash bag.Before I left, I'd thrown every gift Connor had ever given me into that bag.He crouched down. He took them out one at a time. He wiped them clean with his sleeve.The last place he went was my mother's grave.The wind that day was brutal. He knelt there for over an hour without moving.The groundskeeper came over to tell him to go home. Closing time. Come back tomorrow.He didn't move.He was thinking, the housekeeper said. They used to be so happy.Every time he came over to Charlotte's parents' house, her mother cooked for him
At My Engagement Party, My Fiancé Told Me He'd Been Cheating Chapter 8
Every night, I dreamed about that day.I'd sat alone in my mother's hospital room for an hour.A nurse had packed her things into a white plastic bag. A few changes of clothes. A pair of slippers. A book she hadn't finished.I held the bag in my lap and sat in the chair beside the bed. The sheets had been changed. White. No wrinkles. No warmth. The pillow still smelled like her hair. Faint, mixed with shampoo and medication.I pressed my face into the pillow and breathed in deep.When I lifted my head, my mother was sitting on the edge of the bed, smiling at me. I blinked, and she was gone.*****Connor didn't know how long he'd been on the floor when he heard Sophia's voice."What happened? Are you okay?" She walked over, quiet.She crouched in front of him and reached for his arm.Connor pulled away.Sophia's hand froze in midair."Connor. What's wrong? You're scaring me.""Did you know her mother died."Sophia's pupils shrank."Connor, I didn't know.""You didn't know?"Connor stood
At My Engagement Party, My Fiancé Told Me He'd Been Cheating Chapter 7
Charlotte had been off the grid for a full week.At first, Connor didn't think much of it.She'd done this before. After a fight, she'd retreat to the Ashford estate and refuse to talk for a day or two. He'd go pick her up. He'd smooth things over. She'd come back with red eyes and let him take her home.This time would be the same, he thought.Besides, he had Sophia to take care of.Sophia had been through a lot that day. He'd moved her into his apartment on Beacon Hill.The day she moved in, she'd brought one small suitcase. She'd said she didn't want anything else from the Ashford house. Not one thing.Something in him had softened when he heard that.That first night she cooked him an entire spread.He sat down at the table. He cut a piece of steak and put it in his mouth. He chewed twice. He couldn't taste a thing."Is it good?" Sophia rested her chin in her hand and watched him."It's good."It wasn't as good as Charlotte's. The thought drifted in out of nowhere. Charlotte had lo
At My Engagement Party, My Fiancé Told Me He'd Been Cheating Chapter 6
After I sent the email, I started walking back to my mother's room. Then I realized I'd left my phone in the car.It took me about fifteen minutes. By the time I got back to her door, I could hear sobbing from inside.I shoved the door open. Sophia was kneeling at my mother's bedside.Her shoulders were shaking. She was crying like she couldn't breathe."I'm so sorry, Aunt Eleanor. It's all my fault.""Charlotte won't speak to me anymore. Please, can you talk to her for me? She loves you most.""If she forgives me, I swear I'll leave Connor. Everything can go back to the way it was."Every word was a knife in my mother's chest.She'd only just started to recover. And Sophia was doing this to her.My mother was propped up against the pillows. Her face had changed. Her lips were turning blue. Her fingers clawed at the sheets. Her whole body was shaking.I rushed in and shoved Sophia away. I rubbed my mother's chest, gentle."It's okay. It's okay. I'm getting rid of her."She pointed at S
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