When Her Love Was at Its Peak, I Chose to Walk Away

My ex-wife got into a car crash and lost her memory.She turned into a twenty-year-old girl, her memories perfectly frozen at the time she loved me the most.“Declan Davies, so ten years from now, you’re my husband!”Chloe Hayes jumped off the hospital bed, her face alight with shock and joy.

She rushed over, wrapping her arms around me in a tight embrace. “I’m not dreaming, am I? Oh my god, my secret crush actually came true!!”I stood there, stunned by her embrace, but my heart was filled with nothing but desolation.“Chloe,” I said softly, “You forgot. We divorced last month.”“And,” I added, my voice cold, “you cheated.”0During a time when everyone else was buzzing with holiday cheer, I was the biggest sucker, waiting bitterly outside City Hall.

I waited all day.I waited until the staff went home, but my ex-wife never showed.Damn it.She was the one who proposed the divorce, the contracts were signed, and now she was playing hide-and-seek with the final paperwork? Seriously?My eyes blazed with fury as I furiously dialed her number.But her phone was off.

By the time it was dark and City Hall closed, there was no way I was getting divorced today.I trudged into the parking lot, ready to drive away.Just as I started the car, my phone rang.“Hello, are you Ms. Chloe Hayes’s family? We’re from General Hospital. Ms. Hayes was in a car accident…”