Until I Disappeared
"I promise you, Sylvia will give it back. In the meantime, go pick out another—something more expensive. I'll buy it for you."
I didn't answer. Instead, I quietly picked up the divorce papers, slightly crumpled under the cake box, and handed them to him.
"It doesn't matter anymore. Aaron, can you sign this?"
He instinctively took the folder, puzzled even before opening it.
"What is this?" he asked.
"It's a div—"
Before I could finish, his phone rang.
It was a call from the hospital.
"Hello, are you Sylvia Blair's family? She just collapsed in the street and was brought in by a passerby."