After Seven Years,I Was Never His Wife

"Miss Griffin, your husband’s marital status doesn’t list you as his spouse. Did you perhaps enter the wrong ID number?"

The nurse in charge of registering spousal details for the pregnancy record looked at me, clearly troubled.

"That’s impossible. My husband is Brynn Murphy. Could you please check again?"

Reluctantly, the nurse searched once more.

"The system shows that Brynn’s ID is already linked to another marriage record. The name listed in the spouse column is Sylvie Gibson."

A silent explosion went off in my head. My ears buzzed, drowning out the world.