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<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNeither of them smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He didn’t ask how I was feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He didn’t ask about the babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He simply placed a stack of documents on top of my hospital blanket, sliding them dangerously close to my IV line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«Sign these,» he said in a calm, emotionless voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I blinked, unable to understand what I was looking at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Divorce papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a long moment, I couldn’t breathe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«Ethan…» I whispered. «I gave birth to our children just a few hours ago.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He looked at me without the slightest trace of guilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«I know.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His expression remained cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«Things have changed.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stared at him in disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«We planned this family together.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He let out a quiet, humorless laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«You’ve changed, Olivia. You’re not the woman I married anymore.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa folded her hands politely and offered me one of those perfectly rehearsed smiles people wear when they’re pretending to be compassionate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«I’m truly sorry,» she said softly, though her eyes betrayed no sympathy. «Sometimes life takes unexpected turns.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I looked from her back to Ethan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«So this is why you’ve been working late every night.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither of them answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The silence told me everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«I just risked my life bringing our children into this world,» I said, my voice shaking. «And this is what you bring me?»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan sighed impatiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«I don’t want an argument. Just sign the papers, and we’ll make this easy for everyone.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I slowly pushed the folder back toward him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«No.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His eyebrows lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«No?»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«I haven’t even held all three of my babies yet.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I met his eyes, feeling something inside me change forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«If you expected me to give up my marriage, my dignity, and my children’s future while I’m lying in a hospital bed recovering from childbirth, then you never knew me at all.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time since entering the room, Ethan looked uncertain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanessa’s confident smile disappeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without another word, I picked up the call button beside my bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A nurse entered almost immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«Is everything all right?»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I looked directly at Ethan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«No.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then I turned to the nurse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
«I would like these visitors to leave.»<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The room fell completely silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Neither of them had expected that answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n