Now I Watch Her Love Him novel · Chapter 22 of 24

Chapter 22: Decree

Hannah's POV

The hearing was over before my coffee went cold.

Dylan wore a gray suit and a tie that Beth would have chosen, and he stood on the far side of the aisle with his hands at his sides.

He did not look at me until the judge asked him a question.

"Mr. Thorsby, is it your understanding that this marriage has ended and cannot be repaired?"

"Yes, Your Honor."

"Mrs. Thorsby?"

"Yes."

I said it in a clear voice, and my own voice surprised me.

I had thought it would break.

The judge signed something, and a clerk stamped it, and a woman in the second row blew her nose.

It was Beth.

She had come in late and sat behind me, and she had a tissue in each hand and an expression that dared anyone to say a word.

In the hall outside, Jonas was waiting by the window with his coat folded over his arm.

He was in his one good shirt.

He didn't come toward me.

He lifted his chin a little, and I nodded, and he stayed where he was.

That was how he did it.

He let me walk to the door of the next thing on my own.

Dylan stood by the elevator.

He was not holding a folder or a letter, and he made no move to come closer.

"I'm not going to ask for anything," he said.

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