Quinn Loves Cilantro
After getting a second chance at life, I immediately cut all ties with Natalie Duvall and Cody Hudson.
In my previous life, Natalie blindsides me with a divorce eight years into our marriage after falling for a race car driver. She looks down on me, complaining that I'm just a boring homebody who does nothing but cook and clean.
Even Cody piles on, telling me, "Mr. Maddox is going to be a world champion one day, Dad. Stop being so pathetic and petty!"
The two of them pack their bags and walk out on me.
I can't let them go, but my desperate search for them that night ends in a fatal car crash.
As my life bleeds out on the asphalt, regret consumes me.
Natalie forgets that I used to be a world-class driver myself, only to give up my career and step out of the spotlight to focus on our marriage and raise our kid.
So, with a clean slate in this life, I sign the divorce papers without a moment's hesitation and vanish without a trace.
Five years later, at the Elandorian Championship, Natalie and Cody push their way through the crowd like madmen, cutting off my path.
With bloodshot eyes, Natalie corners me and demands, "We spent five years looking for you. Did you seriously ditch your family just to go back to racing?"
Her audacity takes me aback. Before I can even muster a response, my daughter, Daphne Hudson, grabs my hand.
"Daddy, Mommy and the others are waiting to celebrate your big win. Who are these people?"