324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 10 On my birthday, after dinner with my mother, I was walking home when I passed a shop window with a pair of earrings displayed inside. It hit me then—for all those years of marriage, I’d spent my money and my heart on other people, and hardly ever

324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 09 I stopped and looked at her, expressionless. Her mouth worked, like there was a lot she wanted to say. In the end she only got out one line. “Did you really have to push my family to this?” I almost laughed. “*I* pushed you to this?” “Did

324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 08 The day the divorce hearing began, Ethan was brought into the courtroom looking ten years older. His hair was unkempt. Stubble had come in. The tailored suits, the gentleman polish—gone. When he saw me, his expression was tangled. Resentment. Hatred. A last flicker of unwilling pleading. None

324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 07 The next morning, Lindsay was brought in for questioning. She showed up in a loose maternity dress. Her belly had just started to round out. Her face was paper white. The instant she saw me, she flinched back a step. “Evelyn, let me explain—” “Explain what?” I

324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 06 After they took Ethan out, the room felt suddenly emptied. Margaret and Chloe finally understood. They started to panic. Margaret dropped to her knees in front of me and grabbed for the hem of my pants. “Evelyn, honey, I was wrong! I was angry, I lost my

324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 05 I knew who he was. Nathan Hale. Active-duty Army major. The husband of Lindsay, my husband’s mistress. Because of the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East—and the government’s push to keep recruitment and retention numbers up—the marriages of active-duty service members had been given expanded

324 Nights. Not One Was Mine Chapter 04 Margaret stared at me for a moment, thrown by what she saw. Then, furious, she snatched up my handbag and smashed it against the floor. “You *still* won’t shut up?!” Chloe crouched in front of me and patted my cheek almost tenderly. Her smile was vicious. “Evelyn,