Regretting the Wife He Threw Away novel Chapter 528

Gallagher fell silent again.

The director asked, “Do you hate your ex-wife?”

Gallagher replied, “Yes. I do.”

“Why do you hate her?”

“I hate that she divorced me. I hate that she took my son away.”

The director’s tone turned clinical: “When you hit your ex-wife, had you been drinking?”

Gallagher shook his head. “No.”

“You weren’t divorced yet. So why did you hit her?”

A twisted grin spread across Gallagher’s face as he looked up at the director. The camera caught the moment—his smile cold and warped. “In my family, if a wife doesn’t listen, she gets punished.”

The director paused for several seconds, then asked quietly, “Did your father hit your mother too?”

Gallagher shrugged. “All the time. Right up until two years ago, when my dad died of liver cancer. My mom never even mentioned divorce. I only hit her a few times, so why did she get to leave me?”

For a moment, the director’s professionalism cracked. He muttered a curse under his breath, though the editors later cut it from the final film.

The last scene of the documentary was Karen and her mother taking her son to a follow-up appointment at the hospital. The little boy was recovering physically, but the trauma of being abused by his own father lingered in his young heart.

He still needed regular therapy, but his mother and grandmother were always by his side.

The closing shot showed Karen cradling her son, her mother carrying her handbag, the three generations walking side by side down the hospital hallway, their figures growing smaller and smaller in the lens…

As the credits rolled, a gentle lullaby played:

[“The dark night sky hangs low, bright stars following close behind…”]

And so the documentary ended, fading out to the sound of a nursery rhyme.

When filming wrapped, Karen and her mother took the boy and left Northborough. On Briony’s advice and with her help, they settled in a quiet old town. Briony handed Karen a generous fee—enough to open a small shop and start anew, living a peaceful, worry-free life with her son and mother.

Of course, Briony also told Karen that if she ever wanted to return to her dream of being an action star, Starlight Studios would welcome her with open arms.

The documentary was ultimately titled Because She’s Mom.

Although it was a documentary, during post-production Briony unexpectedly suggested releasing it as a short-form series on various social media platforms. It was a risky move, but since the project had been made on a shoestring budget, the director agreed.