Chapter 11

Elliot dressed himself in a frenzy. He was so panicked that he even buttoned his shirt wrongly. He searched through the entire house, but he couldn't find even a trace of Mabel's presence. It was also then that he realized that all of Mabel's belongings had disappeared. It became clear that the divorce hadn't been a last-minute decision. She'd planned to leave him for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why. He stood in the living room. He'd never thought there would come a day when Mabel would divorce him. It wasn't just him—everyone knew that Mabel loved him more than she loved herself. If she didn't, she wouldn't have married him even when she knew that he only had Zoe in his heart. She'd endured so much hardship just to be with him. A complex emotion he'd never experienced before bubbled up in Elliot's heart. Zoe had put on her pajamas and chased after him. When he spotted her, he seemed to recall something and quickly grabbed her by the shoulders. "Did Mabel give you