He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Novel by Anonymous

He Protected My Baby's Killer So I Left Him Novel by Anonymous
He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Novel by Anonymous

 

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Novel by Anonymous

 

Three days after Isabella hit me with her car and I lost my baby, my fiancé, Matteo, came to the hospital with the three friends he’d grown up with.

 

They brought a settlement agreement drafted by Isabella’s lawyer. No flowers.

 

Leo said Isabella had been drinking and hit the gas instead of the brake.

 

Marco said that years ago, Isabella’s brother had died saving them, and they couldn’t just stand by and watch her go to prison.

 

Nico took the police report from my hand and said quietly, “You’ll have other children.”

 

Finally, Matteo set a pen beside my pillow. 

He Protected My Baby's Killer So I Left Him Novel by Anonymous

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 20

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 20 The day we arrived at the coast, the weather was perfect.   My mother linked arms with my father and went for a walk along the shore.   I sat on the terrace, holding Toast.   A work email popped up on my phone.

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 19

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 19 Leo stopped sending me packages of Toast’s old things.   Marco donated the remade cloud lamp to a children’s charity.   Every year, on the anniversary of the day I left, Nico sent a single, two-word text.   I’m sorry.   I never answered.

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 18

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 18 A year later, the Austin project officially launched.   By the time the celebration dinner ended, it was already ten o’clock.   A colleague asked if I wanted to grab another drink.   I was about to say yes when my mother sent me

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 17

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 17 I looked at him calmly.   “It wasn’t about remembering.”   “I called all four of you, over and over.”   “Not one of you was willing to stop for a second to ask if something was wrong.”   Nico lowered his eyes, the

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 16

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 16 Six months later, I flew back to New York to finalize the property settlement.   My parents wanted to come with me, but I told them no.   Some things had to be ended with my own two hands.   My lawyer arranged the

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 15

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 15 The line was quiet for a long time.   “That settlement agreement…”   “I won’t revoke it,” I said.   “Not because I’ve forgiven her.”   “But because I gave my word, and I intend to keep it.”   “As for the court’s judgment,

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 14

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 14 On my first day back at work, a colleague helped me with my onboarding paperwork.   When we got to the emergency contact line, I wrote down my mother’s name.   Under “Relationship,” I paused for a second.   Then I wrote:   Family.

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 13

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 13 I lived in Austin for three months.   My parents put their work on hold and rented a house with me.   It wasn’t large, but the living room had a wall of south-facing windows.   Toast spent his days sprawled on the windowsill,

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 12

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 12 Three days later was the date our wedding had been scheduled for.   The hotel contacted Matteo to confirm the breakdown schedule.   He went to the ballroom alone.   The space that should have been filled with flowers now held only empty tables

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He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 11

He Protected My Baby’s Killer So I Left Him Chapter 11 Half a month later, a lawyer came to the apartment.   He brought a property settlement agreement.   The apartment was in Matteo’s name, but I had paid for the renovation and part of the down payment.   I wasn’t asking for the apartment.

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