Piper’s eyes were already blinded with tears. How could all her efforts have been in vain? “Ezrah, you said you don’t love Zora, but your actions say otherwise,” she accused, appealing to his conscience but only succeeded in upsetting him.
“Piper, I expect you to be considerate. I have tried my best to make you happy. I chose you over my wife and wasn’t there when she needed me. She lost our baby in the first accident and lost her life in the second. Aren’t you a woman? Do you even have a heart?”
His anger grew as he dwelled on it. Would things have been different if he had been there for her? Would it have saved her from that accident? Even if not, he knew that his actions had driven Zora to commit suicide.
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