21

21

The next day, I went to file for divorce.

Then I went to the detention center to see Dashiell.

She was wearing a red vest, leaning against the wall, her gaze vacant.

I knocked on the glass door from the outside.

"Let's talk. No livestream, no one else around."

She didn't respond.

"Don't you want to know how the baby is doing?"

She still remained silent.

"What will it take for you to speak?"

Dashiell's eyes suddenly lit up: "Get me out on bail."

"Alright, I promise. But I want to know, why have you treated me this way all these years?"

This was the deepest thorn in my heart.

No matter how much I pretended not to care, I couldn't let it go.

Dashiell lowered her eyes, apologizing for the first time: "I'm sorry, I did it to get back at Elio."

"Get back at him by sacrificing me?"