The Night He Left Me Bleeding in the Rain

Synopsis

A few of us were at the hospital for fertility checkups, and somehow, we ended up turning it into a little competition to see whose husband would come running the moment she called. When it was my turn, everyone looked at me with envy. Someone laughed and called out, "Hazel, your husband loves you so much. Tell him to come pick you up right now." Ryan had once sworn that if I ever called, he would cross the world to get back to me. I was about to call him when my phone buzzed first. The location Ryan sent was right outside the courthouse. Then his call came through. "I lost a dare. Rosalie asked if I had the guts to marry her for a day, just for fun. Hazel, come meet me and get a divorce. "Don't worry. We'll get married again tomorrow. You know I can't back down in front of Rosalie." Everyone around me fell silent. If this had happened before, I would have cried and demanded to know how he could do this to me. This time, I simply answered, "Okay." He let out a sigh of relief, convinced that I had finally stopped making a fuss. Everyone here knew that Ryan and I had been married for five years and had spent those years going from one hospital to another, desperate to have a baby. I had just found out today that I was pregnant. They also knew that Rosalie had been Ryan's childhood sweetheart, and that she was always dragging him into those stupid dares to see what he would or wouldn't do. Now I finally understood. Maybe those dares had never been jokes at all. If Rosalie wanted something, Ryan would do it. And if what she wanted was my place, he would give it to her. Fine, then. I hope the two of you stay together for good.