After the divorce was finalized, I took a much-needed vacation.For the last six years, outside of business trips, I hadn't stepped a single foot out of Jendora.Yet, even while relaxing over the past few days, I couldn't help wondering how Ryan was holding up without me.Every morning, Ryan would wake up to a dull, familiar ache flaring in his stomach. It was a chronic issue he had developed from all those years of heavy drinking with clients.In the past, the moment he rolled over at this hour, a warm glass of water would already be waiting on the nightstand, right next to his strictly measured dosage of gastro medication.But that day, the nightstand was completely bare.Lucinda, however, had managed to wake up early to put together a breakfast spread.She had prepared scrambled eggs, an avocado salad, and two cups of iced coffee, even going so far as to artfully arrange a bouquet of red roses right next to the plates."Morning, babe. Have a taste of my cooking," she said, w
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