Chapter 9
Bastien vanished for two days.]
When he finally came home, Ophelia was opening a FedEx envelope containing her document. She quietly tucked it away in her purse.
Bastien seemed too preoccupied to notice or care what she was handling.[]
Ophelia headed downstairs, grabbing her coat to leave when Bastien called out to her.]
“We need to talk.“]
Ophelia turned to him, her expression neutral. “What about?“]
“Anastasia committed suicide again. They just stabilized her. I need to ask you for something.“[]
Ophelia stood there, silent for a moment, then walked over and sat down.[]
“All right.”
Bastien pressed his lips together, clearly struggling with what he needed to say. Ophelia waited, perfectly still.]
“Let’s divorced. Temporarily. Anastasia needs me right now.”
Ophelia studied him, then nodded slightly.
“Okay.”
“Do you want to sign the actual paperwork?” she asked.]]
“Yeah.”
“Let’s sign now, then.“]
“This won’t be forever,” he felt compelled to say. “Just until she recovered, then we can remarry.“]
Ophelia nodded slightly.
“Sure, got it.”
As she responded, she was quietly booking a flight on her phone. If they finalized today, she could make the 3:15 PM direct to London.
Perfect–a non–stop flight, landing at Heathrow early morning.]]
The divorce process was surprisingly quick.]
As they walked out, Bastien added, “I also need you to release a statement saying we divorced a while ago, so people don’t think Anastasia broke up our marriage.”
Ophelia looked down at the divorce papers in her hand. A smile spread across her face, though her eyes filled with tears.
“No problem.”
Bastien dropped her at home and immediately headed to the hospital–probably eager to tell Anastasia the news.[]
Ophelia’s bags were already packed. She quickly loaded her suitcase with the last essentials.[]
After double–checking all her documents, she arranged for a shipping company to pick up the boxes she’d prepared weeks ago.[]
Piper took the afternoon off to drive her to the airport.
After watching Ophelia disappear through security, Piper headed back to work.
Once onboard, Ophelia finally posted on Twitter
Bastien Moreau and I divorced some time ago. Wish him and Anastasia.” []
Next Ophelia composed one final post.[]
Just two words.
“Goodbye.”
