VICTORIA'S POV
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"Thank you," I murmur, a smile stretching across my lips as I end the call. The freedom beckons like thunder across the sky, calling for the rain to follow.
"Who was that?" Ryder asks with a knowing look, though he still asks, wanting me to say it.
"The divorce papers are ready to be signed," I say in awe. I wait for the weight to push down, to feel some sort of loss towards the life I had, but it never comes. That sadness of losing something that wasn't even real never rises, because I can't loose what was never really there. That thought was more sad than anything, if I were being honest with myself.
"Really?" Ryder asks surprised, but there's a gleam in his eyes as he smiles. I nod, returning a tight lip smile as I bite back the urge to scream with joy right her
