Forty Four

Getting married was the easiest thing in the world to do for the two of them. They had gotten married within a week of the incident at the store. Though domestic bliss wasn’t what the two were aiming for, it seemed to happen in every part of their lives after they went ahead and did it. It seemed pointless to actually have the ceremony at all. It was five minutes in the judge's chambers in the town hall. However, he was happy it was over with.

He had heard the rumors being spread by the other woman that he had a child for a girlfriend and that his “wife” was nothing more than a toy. He had heard the rumors himself as they tried to have their secret talks in the staff room or when they were in meetings. The whispers were enough to drive him insane, but he knew what was coming soon enough. So when the principal actually did call him in to have the conversation that afternoon, he called Kristen to have her there as w