Mommy Please Come Back, Daddy Is Sorry

"If you ever call that bastard my child again, I will yank it out of your belly!"

My heart shatters like a knife plunged deep. I stay still, my body shaking.

"Now sign these papers and get out of my life!" he barks, throwing the papers at me. "If I ever see you close to me or my territory, I will have you beheaded in the most painful way imaginable!"

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Isla Monroe had given up everything: her dreams, her wishes, even her best friend; just to please her cold, distant husband. She endured the silence, the neglect, the loneliness, hoping that one day he would change...