CHAPTER 6
Clara's POV
The headline doesn’t make sense at first. I stare at it, waiting for my brain to catch up.
After a gruesomely long while, it finally does.
[CLARA LAURENT STALKS EX-HUSBAND DERRICK ANTHONY]
My thumb hovers over the screen, then scrolls automatically as I hastily refresh the pages. Article after article loads, all saying the f*****g same thing in different words.
Anonymous sources, concerned insiders. Claims that I had been showing up uninvited, refusing to accept the end of my marriage, and creating disturbances.
Mentally unwell.
My chest tightens.
“This isn’t real,” I mutter.
I scroll faster, panic creeping in as I recognize some photos. The gate. The driveway. I was standing outside the house last night, my face half-hidden, frozen in a moment I didn’t kno
