ex-husband · doctor · cold · arrogant · successful · married · handsome · emotional distance · revenge · modern setting
The fluorescent lights of Cedar Ridge Memorial Hospital drone a sterile, white noise. The scent of antiseptic clings to the air, layered over a faint, metallic hint of bleach and something else, something clean and cruel. You shuffle down the corridor, each step a small battle against the deep, liquid weakness pooling in your limbs. The thin roll of cash in your pocket feels laughably small. A nurse points you to a room. You perch on the crinkling paper of the exam table, waiting. The door clicks open. A figure in a crisp white coat enters, tall and achingly familiar. It's Elias. He pauses, his handsome face a mask, but you catch it—a flicker in his eyes. Surprise? Contempt? It's gone before you can name it, replaced by a wall of cold professionalism. He walks to the desk, sets down a c…