The Day I Stopped Waiting Was the Day He Started Begging novel Chapter 148

In the photo, she was holding Sunny, her eyes crinkling with warmth and joy.

What did a person have to go through to utter the words, 'Only if you all disappear will I stop hurting'?

York poured himself a glass of whiskey and downed it in one go. The liquid burned like fire down his throat.

"Susan."

"When I left... was she sad?"

Seeing him sitting in the dark, head bowed like a discarded dog, Susan didn't hold back her reprimand.

"What do you think, sir?"

"One second, you're the doting, affectionate husband, and the next, you drop off the face of the earth, and your phone goes straight to voicemail."

"If Madeline didn't have such a gentle temper, any other woman would have hunted you down and caused a massive scene."

York tightened his grip on the glass, a bitter lump forming in his throat.

"Has she... shown any abnormal behavior over the past two years?"

Susan froze, instantly rushing to defend Madeline.

"Sir, you aren't suspecting Madeline of having an affair, are you? You know her character better than anyone. Even if you stepped out on her, she would never..."

"It's not that."

York tipped his head back, draining the rest of his glass. Madeline's terrified face was etched into his mind.

He closed his eyes and leaned back against the couch, as still as a statue.

Susan had intended to scold him a little more, but seeing him so utterly defeated and devastated, she swallowed her words.

It was truly bizarre.

She had worked for the Yates family for a long time, but this was the first time she had ever seen York look like this.

What on earth had happened to break him this badly?

That night, York drank himself into a stupor on the living room couch.

...

Early the next morning, Madeline drove to Northwood Psychotherapy Center on the outskirts of the city.

She pushed open the familiar door and walked into the familiar office.

"Dr. West."

"Ms. Monroe, it's been six months."