Ex-Husband Begone (Bethany and Terrence) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Emery was asleep. Krista was still up, waiting in the living room.

She stood up the second Terrence walked in.

Seeing his stern face, she frowned and asked, “Still no news of

Beth?”

He pressed his lips into a line and gave a quiet hum.

“Terrence, maybe call the police?”

But he wasn’t about to stir things up.

Very few people knew he had married Bethany.

And he had promised Krista that if he ever tied the knot, he

would keep his wife out of the public eye.

“Don’t worry about her. Just go to bed.”

Krista hesitated. “But-”

Terrence cut her off. “She’s not a kid. Her phone’s on, so she’s

probably fine.”

“Okay!”

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After Krista went off to bed, he headed into the master bedroom.

His eyes drifted to the oversized photo shot on the day they went

to city hall.

Bethany was smarter than Terrence had thought.

When he refused to have any wedding photos, she joked about

blowing up that one instead. She had actually done it.

He hadn’t meant to touch her. But she slipped into his bed and

gave him a son.

To be fair, she had always been easygoing and never made

trouble.

But this time was different, and she caught him off guard.

He was mad but couldn’t help wondering how far she planned to

take this.

Bethany had arrived in Southmount a day before him and

Emery.

After a good night’s sleep, she went out to explore.

By around 3 p.m., hours of sightseeing had worn her out, so she

headed back to the hotel.

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“Krista came for the comic convention. I made her a whole comic book with paper cutouts and everything. Think she’ll like it?”

cutouts of his favorite characters, drew stories with them, and

pasted them into little books.

He used to say her work was beautiful. After a while, he wanted

to make his own.

They did so many things together.

Emery had once promised that the first book he finished by

himself would be hers.

Only then did Bethany realize he could already do it on his own.

She stepped into the elevator, her face pale and blank.

Back in her room, fatigue crept in, and a dull ache settled in her

stomach.

She drank some water, took her meds, and lay down.

In her restless sleep, she dreamed of the fire from seven years

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ago.

It jolted her awake.

She frowned and grabbed her phone. It was already 7:30 p.m.