The Five-Day Absence
Language: en
I spent five days in the hospital with severe gastroenteritis, and Chloe never visited me once. That was when I knew we had to get a divorce. That night, I slid the finalized divorce papers across the desk to her. She looked up from her laptop, her gaze trying to pierce right through me. "The day before yesterday, I missed our dinner because I was helping Ethan format his data. You know he’s a new hire, his foundation is weak, and since we went to the same college, I’m the only one he can turn to." "Yesterday, he left his tie in my car. I went to drop it off, and that’s why I missed our…