Chapter 10 % The officer repeated calmly , " According to our records , your marriage with Ms. Carrington has been legally dissolved . You two are divorced , so we can't help you with telling her location . " " No. There has to be a mistake ! Evelyn and I are not divorced ! " Beckett shook his head furiously , refusing to leave , insisting the police had made an error . % For some reason he couldn't explain , Beckett suddenly had this sinking feeling that maybe … the police hadn't made an error But how could that be possible ? He hadn't signed any divorce papers . Seeing Beckett growing increasingly agitated , clinging to the edge of the front desk , the officers finally showed him the documentation- proof that the divorce had already been finalized . They even printed him a copy to take home . He clutched that printed document so tightly . His eyes scanned the page over and over again , as if sheer disbelief could change the words written in ink . He just couldn't accept that we're divorced , 2 He took the paper home , walking like a ghost . Once inside , he sank into the couch , motionless . He just sat there , haunted by memories- of me . Every smile , every laugh , every word we'd shared . And the baby … the one he had looked forward to from the moment he found out ! was pregnant . All of it swirled in his head , over and over , like a tape on repeat . The weight of it was crushing . As Beckett reached for a photo of me , he suddenly noticed how much the house had changed . In the month since I left , Delaney had quickly cleared out every trace of my tastes and belongings . % Beckett tried to stop her the first time . She was getting rid of something small , something seemingly insignificant . And all it took was a playful pout , a soft plea and he let it slide . He didn't realize that was just the beginning . Because that same little act kept happening . Again . And again . Until slowly , subtly , deliberately , she wiped away every trace of me.X Now , there was nothing left in that house to remind him that I had ever been there.Z The wedding photo - I'd already thrown that into the trash myself . All the furniture we had picked out together was gone , replaced by new things Delaney had brought in.2 Even the nursery … no longer ours since she'd moved into it . " Everything else - either I took it with me , or she made sure it disappeared./ And suddenly , the home we built together felt completely foreign to him . " He sat there , stunned and motionless on the couch , clutching that printed page like it was some kind of lifeline . The official confirmation that we were over . That I was really gone . " Then Delaney came home . " She flipped on the light and found him frozen in place , that piece of paper still in his hands . Of course , she couldn't resist . Curiosity had always been her strongest impulse . She snatched it right out of his grasp without even asking . And the mornent she saw the words - our divorce , finalized - she smiled . That wide satisfied smile she probably didn't even realize she let slip . ? But when Beckett looked up , she masked it quickly , shifting back into that sweet , innocent act she'd always played so well.2 " Oh ? What's this all about ? " she asked , tilting her head like a child pretending confusion . " Why are you divorcing Evelyn ? " Her voice was all concern , but her eyes gave her away . They sparkled with joy . Before now , Beckett would have never noticed anything unusual about Delaney . But after holding proof of our divorce in his hands , something in him had changed . He was suddenly wide awake , painfully aware . The things he used to ignore - he saw them all clearly now . % The greed in Delaney's gaze . The satisfaction she couldn't hide . He never thought she was capable of that expression . Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!