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She Double-Booked Forever
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Four years into my wife Anna Keating's out-of-town work assignment, she showed up at the preschool where I taught. She and a man were enrolling a three-year-old boy. The man smiled and handed me the forms. "Mr. Reinhardt, if anything comes up, just call me or his mom." He nudged Anna toward me. She froze when she saw my face, then quickly recovered and offered her hand. "Mr. Reinhardt, Milo's still so young. Please take good care of him." I ignored her hand and looked down at the mother's name on the form: [Anna Keating] Her handwriting was neat. I knew the phone number by heart. Just last night, she'd texted: [My assignment's over. I'll be home the day after tomorrow.] 'So her assignment wasn't over. 'Her kid with her other family was finally old enough for her to spare me some time.' The man kept chatting, oblivious to her outstretched hand. "Mr. Reinhardt, you're a good-looking guy. Got a girlfriend? I could set you up." I looked up from the form. "Sure. Once my divorce is final."
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He'd filed for divorce and custody of Milo.Anna didn't object.She kept staring at me.When the judge asked if she agreed to my compensation agreement, she answered hoarsely, "Yes."It was over quickly.Sunlight blinded me outside the courthouse.Gabriel called out, holding Milo's hand.Milo looked up at me, confused. "Mr. Reinhardt."I crouched. "Be good for your dad, okay?"He nodded.Gabriel's eyes reddened. "Milo's transferring to another preschool."He's too young to grow up hearing adults gossip about this."I nodded."I know you won't forgive me," he said quietly. "But I wanted to say I'm sorry one more time."I didn't give him a hard time or comfort him."Gabriel, don't hurt someone just to keep someone else from leaving."He nodded firmly.Anna watched from the bottom of the steps, her eyes full of regret and pain. She still couldn't let go, though she finally seemed to understand.Too late.She walked toward me. "Riley."Emily stepped in front of me. I pa
She Double-Booked Forever Chapter 11
Parker Corp pulled its funding, putting Keating Corp's project in trouble.Anna's mother, Sophia Keating, called. First she cried. Then she snapped. "Riley, how can you be so cruel?"Anna hurt you, but what did you actually lose?"You've never even been legally married!"I hung up.'What did I lose?'To them, those four years meant nothing.To me, they were four years of believing in love and wanting a home more than anything.Later, Sophia texted, offering money for a letter asking for leniency.I didn't reply."What do you want out of this?" Emily asked."I want her held responsible."The forgery case was still moving forward.Emily filed a civil suit for damage to my reputation, emotional distress, and financial losses.I added up everything I'd spent on what I'd thought was our home.The apartment was in my name. My parents had covered the down payment.Anna had sent a few token payments. But her messages always said:[Riley, thank you for taking care of our home.]
She Double-Booked Forever Chapter 10
"She took your calls on the balcony."On your birthday, she ordered a cake. It wasn't for me."The night Milo was born, she cried in her hospital bed. I thought she was overwhelmed."Later, I found out it was your supposed wedding anniversary."A dull ache settled in my chest."I asked her," Gabriel said. "She said you depended on her. If she cut you off, something might happen to you."She only stayed in touch out of guilt."I believed her."He paused, bitterness in his eyes. "Not completely."I just didn't want to dig."Then I'd have to admit she loved someone else, too."I looked at him.This was Gabriel.He hadn't been completely in the dark.He'd spotted the cracks in her lies and chosen to ignore them.Until they widened and swallowed us both."What now?" I asked.Gabriel held his coffee cup. "Divorce her. But she won't agree."She says she'll cut you off. Wants another chance for Milo's sake."He smiled faintly. "But she needs my family's backing for her famil
She Double-Booked Forever Chapter 9
"But he said Anna told them it was just a way to get her boyfriend to take keepsake photos."He never thought you'd believe it for four years."I smiled faintly.They could all say they hadn't known.I was the one who'd kept that fake certificate tucked in a drawer, treasuring the home I thought it promised.That evening, the doorbell rang.I checked the peephole.Anna.I didn't know when she'd been released. She looked exhausted, with dark circles under her eyes.I kept the door shut."Riley, I know you're in there."Gabriel's mom took Milo. Gabriel wants a divorce."My company found out. I've lost everything."Her voice caught. "Riley, I really did love you."I leaned against the door, tears sliding down my face.'I loved you.'So easy to say.As if that erased four years of lies and waiting. As if it erased being hit and humiliated in public."My dad was seriously ill," she continued. "Keating Corp needed Parker Corp's investment."I had no choice. I couldn't marr
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