CHAPTER 49: HEARTBREAK

VANESSA

I ordered my iced double shot coffee to go at the Starbucks around the corner from my new apartment. I needed the boost today more than ever. Three hours from now I will be standing in front of a judge about to get divorced from Jeremy Austin.

My emotions were all over the place.

Divorce — finally this day is here. But I wasn't feeling how I imagined I would. Marriage is such a big commitment and perhaps I took it too lightly back then. Maybe I should've said No to Tom's offer. I would've found a way in the end, wouldn't I?

That being said, my brothers' education was on the line. I didn't want him to miss out on the opportunity of being something great, or having a bright future, despite the trauma that we have been through in our lives.

His happiness is the most important thing to me. He's the only family that I have left.

I walked out of the coffee shop sipping from my plastic cup when I looked up and saw him walking across the road. I froze on the spot not knowing what t