My Husband Played Dead for His First Love,Until He Lost Me ForeverChapter 1
I was digging through a dumpster for leftover food when my husband, dead for three years, showed up.
He stepped out of a Rolls-Royce and looked down at me like I was nothing.
"Sweetheart, you passed my test. Just like I knew you would."
I stood there holding a piece of moldy bread.
Staring at him blankly.
It turned out that three years ago, at a college reunion, his ex-girlfriend, the campus beauty queen, had made a proposal:
"I want to see if what you two have is real love.
"Fake your death. Cancel all her cards. Take back the house.
"If she's still faithful to you after three years, you pass. You game?"
He had laughed.
"Why wouldn't I be?
"Mary Fox's crazy about me. Forget three years. She'd wait thirty."
Now he turned and shot a smug look at the woman in the passenger seat.
"What did I tell you?"
The bread crumbled in my fist.
Clement Delgado looked at me. "Alright, I'm here to take you and Camille Delgado home.
"Where's Camille?"
"Dead."
I lifted my eyes. "Three years ago, every card was declined. There was no money for her surgery. She died."
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Clement went still.
His gaze swept across the landfill.