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All Chapters of She Has Time for Everyone but Us: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

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Chapter 1

Liam's POVMy chest locked up. My wife, Gwen Dalton, had been on assignment for three months, and responses like that played out every single day.When I got hit by falling debris, I pressed a hand to my bleeding head and texted her about it. She replied instantly, "Get some rest. Drink plenty of water."When my coworkers cornered me in the parking garage and beat me up, I texted her for help. She replied, "Don't worry. It'll all pass."Even the night our son, Andy Morrison, went into sudden shock, I knelt in front of the ICU with blood all over my hands, begging her to come home.Her reply was still instant. "Trust the doctors. He'll be fine."Now my phone buzzed again with another one of those familiar, cold responses.I stared at the words on the screen and suddenly started laughing. I laughed until I tasted iron in my mouth.Every message I sent her from outside the emergency room came back the same way, canned responses that might as well have been AI-generated. She always

Chapter 2

Liam's POVHours passed before footsteps flooded the hallway."Liam!" Gwen crouched beside me. There was a thread of relief in her voice."The blood came through. They found a compatible donor. Andy's going to be fine."I couldn't feel my body anymore."He's... gone," I mumbled.Her face tightened, and she started clawing at the belt around my wrists, rough and careless. "How long are you going to keep this up? I don't have time to explain everything right now."Pierce just got out of surgery, and he's in bad shape. I need to get back to him. He's a single dad with no one to look after him. What am I supposed to do, just leave him there alone?"She couldn't get the knot undone and gave up, standing over me. "Stay here and take care of things with Andy. Once Pierce is discharged, I'll come see him."I stared up at her, barely able to force the words out. "Andy is gone.""I know you're upset, but you can't take it out on me." She wasn't listening at all. Instead, she just smoot

Chapter 3

Liam's POVThe next day, I went to the cemetery and picked out a plot. Then I pulled out my debit card.The machine beeped. "Transaction declined."Insufficient funds?I froze, my fingers trembling as I swiped it again."We're sorry. Your account has been frozen."It felt like an invisible hand had closed around my heart. I called Gwen on instinct."The number you have dialed is currently busy.""The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable."I dialed again and again until there was nothing left but a flat, mechanical tone.In desperation, I texted her. "Gwen, the card's been frozen. That money is for Andy's burial plot. Please unfreeze it."A few seconds later, my phone buzzed. I opened it, full of hope, only to find that same familiar AI reply. "Don't worry. I'll take care of it."The blood rushed to my head. I looked at Andy's framed photo nearby, that innocent smile on his face, and something inside me gave way completely.I scrolled through my contacts, found

Chapter 4

Liam's POVI didn't stand up until dusk had settled in and the cold cut straight through me. Andy couldn't go without a proper resting place.I wiped my face, staggered out of the cemetery, and kept moving. I didn't have money, but I had a marriage certificate. And if there was one thing Gwen cared about more than anything, it was her reputation.I took a cab straight to her office. The receptionist couldn't even stop me as I walked right through to the main floor."Does anyone know where Gwen Dalton is?"My voice wasn't loud, but it was enough to silence the entire room.Someone recognized me and called out, "Ms. Dalton is on a training assignment."I nodded, forcing a hollow smile. "Right. Gwen's busy, so busy taking care of Pierce Donovan that she couldn't even come home when her own son died in a car accident."You all might not know this, but Mr. Donovan is a single father going through a really tough time, and my wife has been glued to his side around the clock out of the

Chapter 5

Liam's POVI started laughing until it broke into a hacking, lung-shredding cough. My chest felt like it was being crushed under a boulder, the pain spreading through me with every heartbeat. I doubled over, choking back a sob that got stuck in my throat.So it wasn't that she didn't have the money. She'd been funneling it all to Pierce, the man who was supposedly struggling to get by.I sat there staring at that deposit notification for 100 thousand dollars, and the pain was enough to hollow me out from the inside. If Gwen had given me even a tenth of that, could Andy have gone to the best private hospital? Could he have had a fighting chance?I stood up and shook the HR manager's hand. "Thank you."When I walked out of the office, the whispers from Gwen's coworkers washed over me like a tide."Look, that's Gwen Dalton's husband.""I heard she's so wrapped up in that Pierce guy she didn't even care that her own son died?""I always wondered how that single dad pulled it off, c

Chapter 6

Liam's POVThe next morning, I received two emails.The first was an offer letter from the international projects division. The position I'd wanted for years, the one I'd given up three times for the sake of my family, had finally opened its door to me.This time, I was going to put myself first.The second was a threatening message from Gwen.A moment later, my phone rang."Liam, have you lost your mind?" The second I picked up, she was screaming."You went to my office and made a scene, telling everyone our son is dead? Now the whole company is calling me shameless and calling Pierce a homewrecker. Do you have any idea how much this is hurting him?"My fingers trembled, and my stomach turned. I felt something close to a physical revulsion toward her."Gwen," I said quietly, cutting her off. "Andy is really dead. It happened the night you took his blood.""Shut up!" she screamed. "I know you're putting on an act. You used to pull this same thing back in college, didn't you?

Chapter 7

Third-Person POVThe smug look on Gwen's face froze in place, as if she'd just heard something that couldn't possibly be real. She shook her head hard."No. That's impossible. You've got it wrong. Andy was just… He was in school two days ago.""The death certificate was issued by City Hospital. The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock following a traffic accident."The officer sighed, looking at the woman who was still refusing to accept it. "We also have it on file that you were at the hospital that night arranging a blood transfer for a rare type match. A delivery was expected back for your son, but it didn't arrive in time."Gwen's car keys slipped from her hand and hit the floor. She staggered back two steps and hit the wall, like someone had yanked the ground out from under her.Three days ago. She had indeed been at the hospital that night. She'd taken Andy's blood and used it to save Pierce.Everything Liam had told her was true—every single word.And she had killed her

Chapter 8

Liam's POVThe morning light filtered through the airport's floor-to-ceiling windows. I dragged my suitcase behind me, the divorce decree folded in my hand.Gwen had signed in the end.The boarding announcement came over the speakers for the flight to Valmont, and I reached into my pocket to feel the crisp new contract. It was my ticket to a new life.The plane climbed through the clouds and broke into the open sky.Goodbye, Gwen. And goodbye to the man I used to be, the one who never thought he was worth fighting for.…Third-Person POVGwen came tearing out of the hospital and drove straight to Pierce's apartment, flooring it the entire way.Pierce sounded confused when he saw her. "Gwen? Why are you back?"The second she laid eyes on him, every ounce of rage she'd been holding in erupted. She shoved him, her eyes red and raw, and screamed, "You lied to me! You knew Andy was dead. Why did you tell me he was at preschool?"Pierce flinched, then started thrashing to break fr

Chapter 9

Third-Person POVIn the months that followed, Gwen fell apart.She tore through every corner of the city, desperate to find any trace of Liam.She went to Liam's parents' old house first, but they'd moved out six months earlier. The neighbors watched as the wild-eyed woman reeking of alcohol pounded on the door and figured she was crazy. So nobody told her a thing.She went to his old company next. The same coworkers who used to bow and scrape around her now treated her like she was contagious.The receptionist stopped her cold. "Liam Morrison? He quit a long time ago. No idea where he went."Gwen refused to give up and went to beg the HR manager. The same man who'd once happily accepted a 20-thousand-dollar gift card from her now slammed his mug down on the desk and pointed a finger in her face."Gwen Dalton, you've got some nerve showing up here. You got your own son killed over your boyfriend, and now you want to track your ex-husband down? Let me tell you something. Even if

Chapter 10

Liam's POVAutumn had just begun in Valmont, and the plane trees had scattered gold across every sidewalk. I stood at the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top floor, looking out over the Aurel River winding through the city below.This past year, I was no longer the Liam Morrison who had spent his days running a household and revolving around his wife. I was the youngest project director in the international division of a multinational corporation."Mr. Morrison, the boardroom materials are ready. We can head out whenever you are." My assistant's voice came from outside the door."Be right there."I walked into the elevator with a steady stride. Over the past year, I'd soaked up everything this place had to offer like a sponge that had been bone-dry for too long. I'd also realized that all those corporate tactics Gwen had been so proud of were amateur hour compared to what I was seeing here.I channeled the same energy I'd once used to work three jobs just to save a few dollars. D

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