Chapter 13

Alice's signature burned into his vision. Bradley stared at them for a long time, unable to believe it. However, he had no choice but to accept the truth. That was indeed Alice's handwriting. This wasn't some cruel prank. It wasn't a joke. Alice had left him a divorce agreement and left him for good. His mind went blank. He had never even considered the possibility that Alice would actually walk away. When he saw that deformed child, he thought she was just acting out of anger. But now, with the divorce papers in his hands, he finally understood that Alice was really gone. Jacob remained silent, not even daring to breathe. The excitement from earlier had completely vanished. Suddenly, the shrill ring of a phone shattered the suffocating silence, snapping Bradley back to reality. He grabbed his phone and answered without thinking. "Ali—" "Brad, what's taking you so long to come back?" He barely got a word out before the woman on the other end cut him off. It wasn't Alice. It wa