“Sophia, how long are you going to keep making trouble? If every family of a patient who dies at St. Mary’s Medical Center acted like you, how could we even keep the hospital running?
Put away the divorce papers. Out of respect for your mother’s passing, I’ll let this go.”
I stared at him coldly, expressionless.
“If you refuse to divorce me, I will press charges and take this to court.
Don’t think that just because you disposed of the body, I can’t file a lawsuit.”
Ethan’s face went pale.
Lily panicked too, clutching his sleeve.
“So that’s what this is about—you just want to force me to divorce you?”
Ethan gave a chilling laugh and signed his name with a flourish.
He slammed the papers onto the table.
“Tomorrow at nine a.m. See you at the County Courthouse.”
I gathered up the papers and said flatly,
“Fine.”
He took Lily’s hand, and as they left, he turned back with a sneer.
“Don’t come crawling back to me like a dog tomorrow.”
I went back to my parents’ house and told Mr. and Mrs. Reed about the divorce.
At first, they tried to talk me out of it.
But once I told them everything that had happened, they were furious.