Chapter 10
It had been days since Jackson returned to
the house, and it was still empty.
No sound of footsteps.
No scent of fresh–baked bread.
No gentle humming from the kitchen.
Just silence.
Trina was gone.
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At first, Jackson told himself it was temporary
—that she was simply upset. That she would
return like she always did, maybe after a few
dramatic days away. But days turned to a
week, and her absence carved a hollow out
of him.
He started calling her old friends. Her old
office. Even her father’s associates. No one
knew anything, or at least, they claimed they
didn’t.
In desperation, he visited the police station
and tried to file a missing person report.
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The officer across the desk glanced at the
divorce papers Jackson had brought for
context. “Sir… I’m sorry. But you’re no longer
legally connected. She has the right to
disappear if she wants. This isn’t a missing
person’s case. It’s someone walking away from a marriage.”
“But she’s my wife-” Jackson snapped.
“She’s your ex–wife,” the officer corrected
gently. “And it’s final.”
Jackson walked out of the precinct with a
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hollow in his chest and a rage building in his
throat.
Back home, Donna was lounging on the sofa
with a glass of wine. She glanced at him and
raised an eyebrow.
“Well?” she asked. “Any sign of our little
runaway?”
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His voice cracked, frustration bubbling
beneath every word. “I should’ve listened to
my gut when she sent that message. I felt it—
something wasn’t right. But no, I let you and
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Tania talk me into staying. I told myself she’d
calm down like always… but this time, she
didn’t.” He ran a hand through his hair,
pacing. “I let her walk out thinking I didn’t
care. Thinking I chose a trip over her. What
kind of man does that? What kind of
husband?”
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He turned away, guilt pressing heavy on his
chest. “She was begging me in her own way.
And I ignored her. I brushed her off like she
didn’t matter.” He gritted his teeth. “And now…
maybe it’s too late to make it right.”
Donna scoffed. “Isn’t this what we wanted?
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For her to finally get out of our lives?”
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Jackson turned sharply toward her. “No. This
isn’t what I wanted. She can’t just divorce me.
She’s mine.”
Tania, who had just come down the stairs,
folded her arms. “But she did, Dad. Maybe it’s
time we just… forget about her.”
“She’s right,” Donna chimed in. “And besides,
maybe she left because she was seeing
someone else.”
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Jackson’s eyes darkened. “That’s impossible.
Trina wouldn’t-”
“Oh, really?“. Donna stood and pulled out her
phone. “I wasn’t going to show you this
because I knew it would hurt, but maybe it’s
time you see the truth.”
She pulled up a set of photos–images that
showed Trina laughing with a man in a
bakery. Another where the man handed her
something over the counter. One where their
heads were close, as if talking intimately.
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“These are fake,” Jackson muttered.
“They’re not,” Donna said smoothly. “I had
seen them weeks ago. I didn’t want to break
your heart, Jack. But she was clearly seeing
someone even before she left. It’s why she
divorced you. She had someone else
waiting.”
He stared at the images, numb. The images
stung more than he expected. And even
though something in his gut told him they
didn’t add up, the pain in his chest
overwhelmed reason.
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He crushed the phone in his hand and threw
it onto the couch. “Then I should’ve killed that
guy… I should’ve never let this happen. I
should’ve stopped it–this is all your fault!” he
roared, turning to Donna.
Donna flinched, shocked. “My fault?”
Tania stepped forward, siding with her aunt.
“Why are you blaming Aunt Donna when
Mom’s the one who cheated?”
“No,” Jackson whispered. “No, that’s not
true…”
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He stumbled away from them and slammed
the bedroom door shut behind him.
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The scent of Trina still lingered faintly in the
room. He dropped to the edge of the bed, his
hands shaking.
And then he remembered her clearly…
She was laughing as she chased flour across
the kitchen counter, scolding him for tossing
dough too early.
“Jackson! That was supposed to chill first!”
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she said, hands on her hips.
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“Rules are meant to be broken,” he’d grinned,
flinging a bit of flour her way.
She squealed and chased him through the
kitchen, both of them laughing like children.
Later, they collapsed on the floor together,
breathless, cheeks smudged white.
Another memory. Their first anniversary.
She had surprised him with his favorite dish,
the entire room lit with candles. Soft music
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played as they danced barefoot on the tiled
floor.
He kissed her forehead and whispered, “I
don’t deserve you.”
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She smiled up at him. “Well, you have me. So
deal with it.”
And another–The night she stayed up all
night when he was sick, holding a cool cloth to his forehead and humming softly. She had kissed his knuckles like he was fragile. Like
he was worth it.
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And he had held her hand tightly and
thought, I’ll never let you go.
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And another–when she had found out she
was pregnant. She cried in his arms,
trembling with joy and fear all at once, and he
had kissed her belly, promising he’d be the
best father.
She had started knitting tiny socks at night,
humming lullabies as if their child could
already hear.
He remembered how she would place his
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hand on her stomach, whispering, “Feel that?
That’s our baby saying hi.”
And he had smiled, believing their life was
finally perfect. But then… the loss came like a
storm. She wept silently, and he held her, but
even then, he’d already started drifting.
Now those memories crashed into him like
waves, relentless and cold.
He dropped his head into his hands, breath
ragged.
”
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“I’m sorry,” he whispered. “Trina…”
He looked up, eyes red, heart aching.
“Please…”
A tear slipped down his cheek.
“Please, Trina… come back to me.”
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