Tag: the husband strikes again x 2

Why they all had wanted to throw the book at her was not known.  Perhaps Alan had something to use as leverage.  Still, here she was, confined to Fio’s estate until the trial.  It certainly could have been worse, considering they wanted Arandori Riverseeker to remain in custody

Fio had championed for her and had won.  She had full access to all of Glimmerglen which meant she could still visit Fio, the beach, and the little lambs.  Fio had even paid off the debts to finalize the divorce.

Here she was, watching the little lambs jump around.  A lot of little lambs.

“There you are.” A familiar voice murmured in her ear.  Chills ran down her spine but she didn’t move.

“We’re done, Alan.  I don’t ever have to...

“Seeing that you have no way to pay for your husband’s losses, you are hereby sentenced to prison for arson.” The justicar’s voice boomed as he spoke to her.

Arandori stood, stunned. The reality of the decree only setting in once she settled into a cell.

“Fuck. A. Duck.”  Dori had not expected this.  How could she?  She had simply gone to court to finalize the divorce. She had worried he might show up, but not to pursue putting her in jail.  She thought, wrongly, that he would contest the divorce.  Instead, he presented his case to put her away.  How he had laid on everything so thick, even going so far to insinuate she might have thought him to be in the house when she lit it on fire and walked away.

She had...