Chapter 17

I quietly turned off my phone, unwilling to see any more news about Joshua and Abigail. Whatever happened to them had nothing to do with me anymore. It wasn't that I refused to get a divorce. Abigail was the one who wouldn't let me go. But the people online didn't care about the truth. They were just following the crowd. When the cab reached my destination, I paid the fare and began walking down the path along Tidespan Bridge. The sea breeze brushed against my face, but I felt nothing. I was completely numb. Kayla's death had hit me too hard, and I couldn't even understand why I was still here and still breathing. I gripped the bridge's railing and leaned over to look at the ocean below. Down by the shore, I noticed a fish that had been washed up onto the rocks by the waves. But instead of giving up, the fish thrashed and flailed as it struggled to get back into the water. Again and again, it flopped toward the sea until it finally made it. Watching that fish, something insid