Chapter Twenty
Gwen felt as though time came to a standstill. Colors seemed duller; the silliest things brought her to tears. Yet even as she grieved the relationship that was doomed from the start, everyone around her carried on. It was as if her broken heart wasn't enough to stop the world in its tracks for just a moment.
Gwen had called Jack more than once. She'd texted him for days after their fight, asking to talk. When he ignored all her overtures, she realized it was over.
And she had enough pride not to keep going to Jack, begging him to love her.
When she lay in her bed at night, staring at the ceiling, sleep elusive, she wondered if she was cursed. Maybe she'd done something terrible in a previous life, and this was karma. Her marriage had failed because she hadn't been enoug
