The Wife He Paid to Leave

The auburn-haired woman holds out an old paper photograph; in it, a young woman laughs in a green coat.

She took a photo from her clutch. Old paper, soft at the corners.

Vivienne

A summer party, years ago. I keep it because I looked happy.

A young woman with long auburn hair, laughing at someone off camera. And a green coat.

The Wife He Paid to Leave

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I married Declan Pryce to save my watch shop. He married me to keep his family shares. I told myself the contract was enough. 'It was only a marriage on paper,' he says. Then his first love comes home, and he ends it with papers and a check. I take the papers. I leave the check. He sees my work in his own auction house. He hears Vivienne call me a copy of her. I don't beg. I don't break. Now he wants to know what was real. I need him to prove he can love the woman he paid to leave.