I can see how many people someone has had sex with.
In college, two men confessed their feelings for me on the same day.
Austin Westbrook came from money. The number above his head was 8.
Parker Miller was putting himself through school on scholarships. The number above his head was 0.
I accepted Parker’s flowers.
After we got married, his number became 1.
For the next seven years, even after he won an Oscar, that number held steady.
Not until a bright, bubbly young actress joined the cast of a fantasy series he was guest-starring in.
He said Madison Reed had a true gift for acting. They often stayed late, running lines deep into the night.
During close-quarters fight scenes, he would take her by the hand and patiently guide her through each movement.
“Madison is incredibly gifted,” he told me. “I haven’t seen a newcomer with her talent in a long time.”
I looked at the unchanged number above his head and chose to believe him.
After the show wrapped, they seemed to fall out of touch.
I thought our life was unchanged.
But on an ordinary Tuesday night, the number above his head changed from 1 to 2.
His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 20 I called 911 and gave the police the restraining order, the proof of service, and the security footage from my apartment building. Madison was arrested that night. She spent two nights in jail before being released on bail. She hadn’t known about my mother’s heart
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 19 I looked at him and let out a short, bitter laugh. He was apologizing while still protecting the person who had hurt my family. “Parker, how did Madison know my mother’s address?” His body went rigid. After a long silence, he mumbled, “She asked me
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 18 That afternoon, I was in a meeting at work when my phone began vibrating nonstop. It was the property manager from my mother’s community. She’d lost consciousness and had been taken to the hospital by ambulance. My legs nearly gave out. I grabbed the edge
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 17 He had lived in this industry for years. There was no way he didn’t know about the rumors. His silence was a form of permission. He was letting them attack me. On the third day, Madison appeared outside my apartment building. I have no idea
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 16 Before I could decide whether to tell Parker, the rumors started online. Some claimed Parker had hidden a seven-year marriage. Others said we were getting divorced. And a few said the divorce was because his wife had cheated. Several anonymous accounts posted photos of me
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 15 I held the two plastic sticks, my hands trembling. I made an OB-GYN appointment for the next day. On the ultrasound, a tiny gestational sac appeared on the screen. The doctor said I was seven weeks along and that everything looked normal. She set the
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 14 A week after I started the new job, Parker messaged me, asking where I had gone. I told him I’d moved out. He called immediately. The long days of shooting had frayed his voice, and his impatience was obvious. “Lottie, how long are you going
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 13 “Trash it.” I only took what was mine. A few boxes of books, my clothes, and the bone china tea set my mother had given me for our wedding. I rented a small apartment in Astoria. In the afternoon, the sun streamed into the living
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 12 Those comments were quickly buried under an avalanche of posts from their shippers. Parker’s agent, Victor, sent me a message. *Charlotte, I know you and Parker are getting divorced, and I’ve heard why. I’m sorry.* *But you and Parker were together for many years. I’m
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His Number Changed So I Changed My Life Chapter 11 The next day, I moved out of the house in Westchester. Parker wasn’t home. His agency had booked him for a new luxury brand campaign, and he had already flown to Los Angeles. That night, Madison posted a photo of a moonlit Santa Monica beach
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