Chapter 4

"Petition for divorce?" Derek read aloud.

He lifted his head toward the staff member who'd handed him the envelope. "Where's Aria? Is she here?"

The woman shook her head. Tiffany leaned across him to look at the papers, her smile still fixed in place.

"Derek, we're live," she whispered. The microphone caught every word.

He put the pages facedown and pulled out his phone. His name appeared over the livestream on my screen.

I picked up the phone and answered.

"Where are you?" he asked. "I'm coming to get you."

"I'm not at the hospital anymore."

"What do you mean?…