The next day, I showed up to the press conference right on time.


    Spotlights hit me like knives from every angle.


    I wore a rose pink dress-the exact opposite of the white Alex demanded.


    Then I took the microphone and spoke calmly.


    ‘I was wrongfully arrested because my husband, Alex Carter, told the police he didn’t know me.”


    The room erupted.


    paused, staring straight into one of the cameras like I was looking right at Alex.


    I think being trapped in a marriage with someone you can’t even recognize must be torture.”


    So I’m setting him free.”


    Alex Carter and I are getting divorced.”


    ack in the car, only then did I noticed that my hands were shaking.


    lot from fear-from relief.


    hen my phone buzzed nonstop. “Alex” shing on the screen.


    turned it off.


    ut we hadn’t driven two blocks before Alex cut us off. He jumped out of his car, face ck with rage.


    Grace, have you lost your mind?!”


    le yanked me out so hard I thought he’d snap my wrist.


    Who the hell gave you permission to say that shit on live TV!”


    stared at his furious face.


    Which part wasn’t true?”


    hat shut him up for a second. Then he got angrier,


    Do you have any idea what this could do to other people?”


    What if they dig up airport security footage? What if Maya gets dragged into this? She just made it into the Vienna Orchestra!”


    Ha. There it was,


    The pain spread through my chest like poison.


    “Alex, you do recognize her.”


    His face twisted with irritation. “So what? She means something different to me, but I still married you.”


    “Don’t forget-you’re the one who begged for all this.”


    Right. My obsession. My mistake.


    Alex can’t even remember my face, so how could he remember a promise from twenty years ago?


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    I wiped my tears. “Alex, I changed my mind. Let’s get divorced.”


    He went quiet. But he didn’t look relieved like I expected.


    Finally, like he’d made some big decision. “Stop being dramatic. Just keep wearing white like before. I won’t lose track of you.”


    “I’m not divorcing you.”


    “Really?” I smiled up at him.


    He’d probably forgotten about the document he signed this morning.


    ALL I did was put on a wig and change clothes.


    And Alex assumed I was his new secretary.


    Didn’t even look before signing those divorce papers.


    ven told me to clean out his office safe.


    hat’s where Alex had carefully cut out Maya’s photo from yesterday’s magazine.


    When I opened the safe, what weed me was all clippings of Maya.


    ed dress, blue dress, ck dress.


    To matter what Maya wore, Alex could spot her instantly.


    he oldest photo showed Maya in high school.


    White dress, long ck hair.


    xactly how I’d styled myself for three years.


    /hile I was lost in thought, Alex suddenly grabbed my hand, his grip desperate.


    Grace, I won’t lose you again.”


    or a moment, hope flickered in my chest. I was about to tell him everything when he suddenly shoved me aside and bolted.


    followed his gaze-Maya’s figure disappearing into the crowd.


    alfway there, Alex seemed to remember something. He spun around and shouted back, “Grace, wait for me! I’ll be right back!”


    ut he wasn’t even looking at me.


    le was facing apletely different woman who happened to be wearing the same rose-pink dress as me.


    he irony was almostughable.


    Vithout another word, I turned and walked away, never looking back.