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Chapter 1

“Something happened to Zion! I need to go check on him.”Mia ended the call and grabbed her police jacket from the back of the chair. Without another word, she headed for the door.Their fifth-anniversary cake sat untouched in the center of the dining table.The candles were still burning.Daniel stood beside the table with a pan of roasted sea bass he had just taken out of the oven. Hot butter splattered onto the back of his hand, but he barely reacted.“Today is our anniversary.”He set the pan down.His voice was calm.Mia slipped on her shoes without even pausing.“We can celebrate another day. Zion’s not doing well right now. His doctor said he can’t handle too much stress.”“What did he say when he called?”“He’s in the parking garage. He’s having trouble breathing, and he’s alone.”Daniel glanced at the clock on the wall.8:07 p.m.Ten minutes ago, Mia had been sitting right here.She hadn’t looked at the cake.She hadn’t touched any of the food he had spent the

Chapter 2

Ethan’s car had barely pulled out of the garage when the black SUV ahead suddenly hit the brakes.The passenger window rolled down.Zion’s pale face appeared in the darkness.“Daniel, can we talk?”Ethan slammed on the brakes and swore under his breath.“This guy seriously dares to start something?”Daniel stared ahead without getting out.Mia stepped out and went to the passenger door.Her police jacket was still draped over Zion’s shoulders.With the headlights behind her, her face was hidden in shadow. She looked as cool and composed as ever.“Don’t go over there,” Ethan said quietly. “He’s waiting for you to lose your temper so Mia can jump in and defend him.”“I know.”Daniel unbuckled his seat belt.Keeping quiet until the bitter end wouldn’t make him look dignified.It would only make people think they could walk all over him.He opened the door and walked straight toward the SUV.Zion stayed in the passenger seat.He lowered the window all the way, his face car

Chapter 3

At seven the next morning, Daniel woke up on the couch in Ethan’s photography studio.The blackout curtains hadn’t been pulled all the way shut, and a strip of morning sunlight stretched across a long table cluttered with camera gear.The smell of stale coffee lingered in the air.Ethan was fast asleep at his computer, his head resting on his folded arms. A stack of printed photos sat beside him.Daniel sat up.There was still a dull tightness in his chest.He pulled his medication from his coat pocket, poured himself some warm water, and took it.Strangely, the memories of last night didn’t upset him anymore.If anything, everything felt clearer now.Footsteps approached outside.One of Ethan’s assistants pushed open the door.The second he saw Daniel sleeping there, he nearly dropped the breakfast in his hands.“Daniel? Why are you sleeping here?”“It got late last night, so I crashed here.”“Wasn’t yesterday your anniversary?”The assistant realized he had stepped on

Chapter 4

Later that afternoon, Daniel’s mother, Susan, called.“Daniel, we’re having dinner tonight. Is Mia bringing Zion again?”Daniel glanced at the time.“No,” he said calmly. “He’s not actually Mia’s brother, and he wasn’t invited.”There was a brief silence on the other end.Susan didn’t press him. She simply told him to come over early.By the time Daniel arrived, his father was already setting the table.When Charles saw Daniel walk in alone, he glanced toward the front door.“Mia still at work?”“Something came up at the precinct. She’ll be here later.”The excuse came out automatically.Daniel paused.He had spent years making excuses for Mia.He wouldn’t be doing that anymore.By seven thirty, Mia still hadn’t shown up.Susan reheated dinner twice and tried calling her, but she never answered.Daniel didn’t call or text her.Instead, he sat with Charles and asked how he had been feeling lately. As they talked, Daniel cut a tender piece of fish from the fillet and pla

Chapter 5

“Divorce?”Ruby Walker, Mia’s mother, set her cup down with a thud, her expression darkening.“Daniel really thinks he’s something, doesn’t he? He lives in your house, eats your food, and now he thinks he can threaten you with divorce over something this stupid?”Mia sat at the other end of the couch with a case file open on her lap.Daniel hadn’t come home after their argument.Several of his everyday clothes were gone from the closet. His laptop and old hard drive were missing from the study.The anniversary dinner had all been thrown out.The only thing left was the gift box with the watch Mia had bought him.She had put it back in the cabinet, certain Daniel would eventually come back for it.That was how things had always gone over the past five years.Whenever they fought, he might stay upset for a night.By the next morning, breakfast would be waiting as usual, and he would smooth things over with a simple, “Don’t be mad anymore.”But this time, two days had passed.

Chapter 6

“Who exactly are you telling to get out?”Ruby stormed toward the door and reached out to shove Daniel.He stepped aside and pulled the door open even wider.“If you didn’t hear me the first time, I’ll say it again. You’re not welcome here, and neither is Zion.”Ruby had never been spoken to like this by her son-in-law.She turned to Mia, clearly expecting her daughter to step in.“Mia, are you really going to stand there and let your husband treat your mom like this?”Mia had already walked over to the entryway.“Daniel, apologize to my mom.”“For what?”“She’s your mother-in-law.”“That gives her the right to come into my home and call me a freeloader to my face?”Daniel pulled out his phone and opened a financial statement.“The down payment on this house was $240,000. I paid $120,000 of it. The renovations and furniture came to another $75,000, all paid from an account I had before we got married.”He looked directly at Ruby.“And over the past five years, nearly sev

Chapter 7

“Daniel, you’re not going anywhere today!”Mia’s voice came from behind him, cold and firm.Daniel kept walking downstairs with his suitcase.His hand had just reached the front door when Ruby hurried after him and blocked his way.“Didn’t you hear her? She said you're not allowed to go!”“I heard that.”Daniel turned around.His gaze moved past her and landed on the familiar couch in the living room.Zion was still there.He sat on the gray couch Daniel had picked out himself, the limited-edition watch gleaming under the lights.Mia’s favorite throw blanket was still draped across his lap.A fresh glass of warm water sat beside him.For five years, Daniel had taken care of this house every single day.He knew where everything belonged.And now, standing in the living room he had put together with his own hands, he felt like the one who didn’t belong.“You want to leave? Fine.”Ruby crossed her arms.“But first, we’re going through what you’re taking. You don’t get to

Chapter 8

“Sir, are you checking out?”The front desk clerk took Daniel’s driver’s license and checked his reservation on the computer.“I’d like to extend my stay for three more nights.”“Of course. One moment, please.”Daniel stood beside the desk holding a cardboard box.Inside were a few things he had brought from Clearwater Heights: an old travel mug, two books he had bought before the marriage, and a small pot of mint he had been growing for three years.None of it was worth much.But it was his.Once the extension was processed, Daniel took his suitcase upstairs.Just as the elevator doors slid shut, his phone lit up.A message from Mia.“Mom said you were incredibly disrespectful today.”Daniel read it and didn’t reply.A second message appeared almost immediately.“She’s still your mother-in-law. You could’ve shown her some respect.”Daniel put his phone on silent and slipped it back into his pocket.The hotel room was small, with little more than a bed, a desk, and a cl

Chapter 9

The contract negotiations had lasted three weeks.Chloe had helped Daniel keep his foreign publishing rights and secure first-negotiation rights for any film or television adaptation.Before the deal closed, she had also advised him to keep clean records of anything he owned before marriage, as well as any income he wanted to be able to trace later.At the time, Daniel had only recently started dating Mia.He had thought Chloe sounded almost too practical, maybe even a little cold.Only later did he realize she had simply seen enough bad endings to know what people should protect before things went wrong.Ethan picked up the old contract and flipped to the last page.“Her personal email is still in here?”“It’s in the contact section.”“You’re going to email her?”“I’ll send the documents tonight and call her in the morning.”Daniel didn’t send anything yet.First, he pulled up five years of income records.Then he gathered his royalty statements, bank statements, closing

Chapter 10

“Ms. Bennett, Mr. Jasper is here.”After ending the call, the receptionist looked up at the man waiting near the entrance.Daniel wore a dark gray coat and carried a document envelope under one arm. He looked remarkably calm, without the nervous energy Chloe usually saw in clients coming in for a divorce.“Send him in.”Chloe closed the file in front of her.A moment later, the glass door opened and Daniel stepped inside. He placed the envelope on her desk.“Ms. Bennett.”“Have a seat.”Chloe didn’t get up. She simply gestured toward the chair across from her.She wore a sharply tailored black suit, her hair pulled neatly back. There was nothing unnecessary on her desk, just a laptop and a pen. Even the few items in the office seemed precisely arranged.Daniel sat down.Chloe opened the envelope and started with the property records, followed by the bank statements and publishing contracts.She moved through them quickly, occasionally marking something on the page.Not onc

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