Chapter 12 - The Final Signature
Sitting down in defeat, Caleb begged for another chance, but Nia reached into her bag and placed a formal document onto the glass table. Staring at the papers in terror, he asked what they were.
“The paperwork,” she replied evenly. When he asked if she was really throwing away their marriage after everything, she gave him a sad, resolute smile. “You threw it away long before I left that hospital.”
Caleb insisted he never wanted to hurt her, but she reminded him that he did anyway. When he asked if there was anything he could do to fix it, she shook her head, noting he had years to do something right and chose betrayal instead. Picking up her bag, Caleb asked where she would go, and she paused only to answer, “Forward.”
