Chapter 12

[Amanda]

In 27 years of my life, I had only once imagined my name in the newspapers but as Dominic’s wife, his lady love. When he had started out, we imagined ourselves in the shoes of big stars. He is passionate about what he does and that is what got him his big break. I remember being so elated that I had chugged down a whole bottle of red and getting a nasty hangover the next day. 

I was happy, so happy because the love of my life had achieved something that he had worked for. “It’s because you have been by my side, constantly”, he had said, kissing me passionately. We had spent a day or two tangled in the sheets before his work started, before it dragged down and destroyed our love, burnt it till there was nothing but charring memories. 

My imagination did come true but in a warped manner. This was the last thing I wanted in my life after our divorce. For so long, I