Love’s Execution

From the back cover

Three years after their breakup, Roger sues Eve for every dollar he spent on her during their relationship. In court, she is ordered to repay $10,723—the exact amount she had saved for her next round of chemotherapy. Roger, now a wealthy green tech titan, doesn't need the money; his new wife Felicity is simply bored and looking for a plaything.

After the verdict, Eve runs into Roger and Felicity in the hallway. Felicity mocks her, flaunting the ten thousand dollars as pocket change and boasting about her designer gifts. When Felicity digs her nails into Eve's wrist, Eve stumbles down the marble steps, bloodying her knee. The couple drives off in a diamond-encrusted sports car, leaving Eve without even cab fare.

Back in her tin-roofed shack, Eve tears down the magazine clippings of Roger's success and their storybook wedding. She finds an old photo of them together, a ghost of the man who once loved her. Now he is a celebrated philanthropist and devoted husband—everything except her boyfriend.