---- On the way to the police station, her heart raced with dread and unease. She had always thought that I didn't really matter to her. But now, losing me hurt more than she could bear. The police handed her both the letter of forgiveness and the suicide note. When she saw the letter, she felt an uneasy jolt in her heart. And when she saw the note, her face blanched further. She had a vacant look in her eyes. After a long time, she snapped out of her daze. Mustering her courage, she focused and began reading every word in my suicide note carefully. "Honey, this is the last time I'll call you that. By the time you read this letter, I will likely have disappeared from your world completely. "Erica, I'm grateful that in my darkest days, you cared for me and pulled me out of my gloom with such tenderness. I thought you were my salvation. I wanted to be with you, to have a child with you, and live a simple life as a family of three. ---- "But the truth is far too cruel. You never loved me. You only married me to stop me from getting in Jace's way. Even having a child with you was something that I didn't deserve in your opinion. "Yes, I was angry. But all I wanted was a divorce at that point. What finally broke me was you giving Jace the location of Dad's grave. He scattered Dad's ashes into a sewer. He humiliated me, yet you said nothing. "My life has been one long, cruel joke. What I chased after and cherished dearly turned out to be nothing more than an empty dream, a pathetic illusion."