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Scars Deeper Than Fire Chapter 10
Not long after, we hit the courthouse to make the divorce official.Gloria sneered, bragging about her honeymoon plans with him.She even thanked me for being "so generous" with my properties.I said nothing. Just signed the papers and walked out—straight into a mob of reporters.Leading the pack was the same reporter who'd interviewed me before.We'd stayed in touch, but I never asked what she planned to do with my story.I'd just told her about the divorce. She'd promised a "surprise" today.Yeah, didn't see this coming.A bunch of big-name relationship bloggers were livestreaming, blasting everything—Axel and Gloria's affair, the fire, the whole ugly mess."They're not some epic love story," one blogger snapped. "They're gross.""His wife was risking her life in a fire while he made her save photos of him and his side chick.""And this clown just told an interviewer last week that he's 'a loyal man.'"The crowd lost it.The bloggers' savage comments, dropping their name
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Gloria didn't say a word. She just grabbed the baby and bolted, leaving all her stuff behind like it didn't even matter.Axel stood there, useless, like his brain short-circuited.Fathers never felt it the same way.Especially not Axel. I hadn't even told him early on. When he found out the baby was gone, it barely fazed him.But now, with his own blood crumpled in his hands like trash, he finally cracked."I didn't recognize you," he mumbled. "I didn't know you were pregnant. I was just thinking about Gloria's baby."I picked up my little girl and looked him dead in the eye."Didn't you say you loved little girls the most?" I said, setting her tiny body back into his hands. "The doctor said she would've been tall. Maybe an artist.""I'm sorry, honey."First time he'd ever said that. Took him long enough.I looked at him and felt nothing.Whatever was left got buried with my baby.No love, no hate—just a hole where everything used to be."Don't call me 'honey.' Everyone th
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"Your kid's gone anyway," Gloria said. "Why not treat him like your own? I'll leave. I don't want anything. Just please, the baby's innocent. I'm begging you."She kept trying to shove the baby into my arms."Look at him, he's such a good boy. He even looks like Axel. Why not just think of him as yours? No matter how bad things get between adults, we shouldn't take it out on a kid, right?"I looked at the baby. Then at Axel.Axel jumped in fast. "Yeah, the baby didn't do anything wrong. Gloria's just a kid herself. You're really gonna kick her out with a baby? People will talk. We can't do that. She had the baby for us."I said, "This baby? She had him for you, Axel. My kid's already dead."They froze.The baby in my arms started wailing, louder and louder.Gloria panicked, scrambling to grab him back. "Even if you hate me, you can't hurt the baby!"I pulled out my phone and snapped a pic.Gloria really did know her angles.No wonder they went viral for their 'love story.' E
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"It's not like that, officer," Axel said. "We know each other. My wife's just mad. It's nothing serious. Not trespassing."The officer looked at me. I just shook my head.I pointed at the baby gear. "Those are mine. Gifts from my parents, way before the marriage. He gave them away without asking. I want them back."Gloria kept throwing Axel those sad puppy eyes, probably hoping he'd start a fight and give her a chance to bolt.I didn't bother with drama. "Get out. Take your crap and leave. Now."After poking around, the cops confirmed the house was mine and Gloria was just squatting. They told her to pack it up.I made sure every single thing that was mine came back with me.When I took the lucky charm off the baby's neck—the one I'd bought for my kid—I looked straight at Axel."Do you know how my child died?"Axel sneered. "How else? Your job. You never knew when to quit, and the kid didn't make it. Told you before—women should stay backstage in firefighting. No one expects y
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Gloria's baby was lying off to the side, decked out in everything Axel had stolen from me.The lucky charm I bought for my baby? Around his neck.The velvet blanket from my parents? Wrapped around him.The crib my dad built with his own hands? His now, too.Everything that was mine... now belonged to Gloria's kid."What's wrong, honey? Cat got your tongue?"Not even a flicker of panic. Just that smug, 'I won, you lost' look."Knew Axel'd be a softie and let you in," she said, fake sweet. "What do you want? Spit it out. I've got a baby to raise. Don't bring your bad vibes around him."She scooped up the kid, shoved him right in my face."Look at him! Total mini-Axel, right? Especially the hands. Bet he'll be a freaking pianist."Her eyes lit up like she actually believed it.Axel burst through the door, saw we weren't throwing punches, and rushed over."Just pack your stuff and go."I looked around. Everything I ever bought? Hijacked.Even our wedding photos were gone, swa
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The reporter looked like she'd been hit by a truck.She kept stammering, asking over and over about me and Axel.When I showed her the photos on my phone, the marriage certificate, the prenatal reports—she cracked.Even she couldn't stomach it.Honestly, I couldn't either.That day, when I couldn't reach Axel, I would've rather heard he was dead than see what I actually saw.Him. Tangled up with Gloria.It wrecked me in one breath.The reporter left, crying.No idea what story she ended up writing. Didn't care.As soon as I could walk, I found a lawyer. Got the divorce papers ready."Axel!"Caught him in the hallway, lugging a big trash bag. He froze like a guilty kid.After a weird pause, he said, "You're out? I... I was gonna visit you."I wheeled myself forward. He jumped in the way."Don't go in. Gloria gave birth early 'cause of the fire. She's resting. You're still sick—you'll spread it to her and the baby."He grabbed my hand, spotted the divorce papers, and sigh
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