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The Final Defense
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My wife's student, Talon Palmer, hired someone to stab me, leaving me critically injured. In six years as an attorney, my wife Audrey Taylor had never lost a case. Yet she stayed up all night compiling nearly a hundred pages of trial materials, all to prove Talon innocent. I stood in the doorway for six straight hours, torturing myself as I watched her work. Finally, I asked hoarsely, "Why?" She didn't even look up. "You accused Talon of being the other man. All he did was ask that thug to pretend to be his brother and scare you. Everything that happened afterward was the thug's own doing. It had nothing to do with Talon." I shook my head in disbelief. Hysterical, I rushed forward and tried to tear the documents on her desk to pieces, but Audrey caught my wrist in a cold, unyielding grip. "Stop it, honey. If you absolutely have to decide who's to blame here..." Audrey's gaze met mine. I was devastated and furious, but all I saw in her eyes was cruel pity. "Then I guess you can only blame yourself for being too weak to fight back. And for having the kind of arrogant face that makes people hate you."
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The Final Defense Chapter 10
The day the waiting period ended, Audrey and I met for the last time at the county clerk's office.She was even thinner than the last time I'd seen her, her eyes sunken. In one hand, she clutched the wedding ring she'd taken off long ago.The clerk asked us one more time whether we were certain we wanted the divorce."Yes," I answered calmly.Audrey stared at me for a long time before finally picking up the pen with a trembling hand and signing the divorce agreement.As she finished the last stroke, a tear fell onto the page, blurring the ink.Once everything was finalized, she followed me to the door, her eyes red."Denver, could I... hug you one last time?" She held out her arms, a desperate plea in her eyes.I stepped away. "No."Then I turned and walked out of the building. Sunlight fell across my shoulders. I didn't look back.That day, I finally ended the marriage that had consumed six years of my life and nearly destroyed the rest of it.After the divorce, Audrey volu
The Final Defense Chapter 9
From that day on, Audrey waited outside my building every day.She brought hot breakfast in the mornings, then flowers and personal safety items in the evenings. One apology letter after another appeared under my door, every page filled with regret and pleas for one more chance.I didn't read a single one.Whenever I went downstairs, I threw the letters and flowers straight into the trash while she watched."Denver, I just want to take care of you...""Stop trying to make yourself feel better and calling it concern." I walked right past her without breaking stride.A month later, Talon's case went back to court.Audrey turned over the recording, bank transfer records, and call logs, then testified herself. The man who'd attacked me also changed his statement and admitted that Talon had hired him.In the end, Talon was sentenced to ten years in prison. The psychiatric evaluation the other man had submitted in an attempt to reduce his sentence was also proven fraudulent, and he r
The Final Defense Chapter 8
Denver's POVAfter leaving Audrey, I picked up my brushes again.I'd once turned down projects, passed up exhibitions, and put my illustration career on hold for three whole years just to take care of her and our life together.Now I painted late into the night every day, filling every waking hour with work. It was the only way I could temporarily forget the pain in my body.However, the trauma didn't disappear.I became afraid of the dark. I flinched whenever an unfamiliar, imposing man came too close. And night after night, I dreamed about that rooftop.Two weeks later, I was diagnosed with PTSD.It was already dark when I left the therapist's office.I was carrying my medication toward the older apartment building where I'd rented a place when someone suddenly rushed toward me."Denver!"My whole body jerked. The bag of medication slipped from my hand and hit the ground.I had no idea how Audrey had found me.She'd lost so much weight that she barely looked like herself.
The Final Defense Chapter 7
Audrey shoved Talon away hard, sending his back crashing into the cold wall.She stared at the man in front of her, wild-eyed and nearly unhinged, and felt as though she were looking at a complete stranger—a terrifying one."From the beginning, I've only ever cared about you as my student. Don't project your fantasies onto me.""My fantasies?" Talon let out a shrill laugh. "When I was sick, you made me tea and brought me a heating pad. Was I imagining that?"You stayed up all night helping me prepare my proposals. Did I imagine that too?"You canceled a candlelight dinner with your husband to have dinner alone with me. Was that all in my head?"And don't forget what you did in court. You tore your own husband's testimony apart for me! So don't stand there now and pretend you're some devoted wife!"Every word struck Audrey like a slap. She wanted to explain that she'd only been looking after him because she was his mentor, but now, even she couldn't quite believe that excuse.Af
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