DENNY:I drove out, weeping, fuming, regretting.I wanted to blame Jaden for my heartbreak, yet I couldn’t. For what it’s worth, he hadn’t asked me to leave. Silence, they say, is heavier than words; still, I should’ve waited to hear those words, no matter how long it took him, rather than listening to his silence. Maybe if I’d stayed—since he didn’t ask me to go—if I’d endured, he might have come back to me.But I just couldn’t stay. It was better to leave. Better to deal with the feelings that chose to resurface after I had killed his.I drove past my father’s house and halted. Looking at the building, I wondered how he was faring. We hadn’t seen each other since the wedding. He had disappeared into the chaos and hadn’t shown up till now.If only he cared to reflect, just a little, on how he had handed the Unions the very man who restored his sovereignty, maybe he would have tried to build a relationship with him, or with me, his husband. Well, ex-husband.But no, he never would. If
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