My Ex, the Widowed Billionaire
It pulsed slowly, steadily.
I wanted to touch it.
I didn’t.
Instead, I covered it again, the words in the book echoing through me like a drumbeat.
Over the next weeks, I noticed the changes.
The children began painting with darker pigments, deep blues and greens layered over gold. They didn’t say why, but their eyes lingered more often on the old tree.
The stranger stayed close, helping in the garden, their hands deft with both soil and silence. Sometimes I caught them watching me, as if waiting for me to speak first.
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