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๐จ Breaking : Larry Sent the Divorce Papers to Bethany – What Happened Next Shocked Everyone”๐ฑ
๐จ “Larry Sent the Divorce Papers to Bethany – What Happened Next Shocked Everyone”
[Scene: Bethany’s kitchen. Morning. Her phone buzzes repeatedly.]
Bethany:
…Why is Larry’s lawyer emailing me at 7:14 a.m.?
Bethany (reading aloud):
“Attached: Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.”
Wait—what?
Bethany:
No. No, no, no. This has to be a mistake.
(She calls Larry immediately.)
Larry:
Hello.
Bethany:
Hello? That’s it? You send me divorce papers and your first word is hello?
Larry:
Bethany, I didn’t want it to happen like this.
Bethany:
Oh, really? Because legal documents before breakfast feels very intentional.
Larry:
I couldn’t keep pretending.
Bethany:
Pretending what, Larry? That we’re married? That we’ve been together for twelve years?
(Bethany’s sister, Maya, walks in.)
Maya:
Why do you look like you just saw a ghost?
Bethany:
Larry just filed for divorce.
Maya:
…He WHAT?
Maya (snatching the phone):
Larry, are you out of your mind?
Larry:
Maya, stay out of this.
Maya:
Oh, I will absolutely not stay out of this. You begged her to move cities for you!
Larry:
That was before I learned the truth.
Bethany:
The truth about what?
(Long pause.)
Larry:
About the baby.
Bethany:
…Excuse me?
Maya:
What baby?
Larry:
Don’t play dumb, Bethany.
Bethany:
I’m not playing anything. Say what you mean.
Larry:
I know the baby isn’t mine.
(Silence. The room feels heavy.)
Maya:
Larry, that’s a disgusting accusation.
Bethany (voice shaking):
Who told you that?
Larry:
I saw the medical records.
Bethany:
You went through my files?!
Larry:
They showed a blood type that doesn’t match mine.
Bethany:
You filed for divorce without even asking me?
Larry:
What was there to ask?
Bethany:
Everything! Because you’re wrong.
Larry:
Am I?
(Bethany takes a deep breath.)
Bethany:
Larry… I was going to tell you after the appointment.
Larry:
Tell me what?
Bethany:
That I’m not pregnant.
Larry:
…What?
Maya:
The test was a false positive.
Larry:
Then whose records were those?
Bethany:
Mine—from before we met. From my surgery. The one I told you about.
Larry:
The surgery that made it hard for you to conceive?
Bethany:
Yes.
(Another pause. This one longer.)
Larry:
So you’re saying… there is no baby?
Bethany:
I’m saying you destroyed our marriage over an assumption.
Maya:
And lawyers. Don’t forget the lawyers.
Larry (quietly):
Bethany… I thought you betrayed me.
Bethany:
And instead, you betrayed me.
Larry:
I was scared.
Bethany:
So you ran.
Larry:
Can we talk? In person?
Bethany:
You already said everything you needed to say—through paperwork.
Larry:
I’ll cancel the filing.
Bethany:
You can’t cancel what it did to me.
Maya:
Beth, you don’t have to decide anything right now.
Bethany:
I already have.
Larry:
…What does that mean?
Bethany:
It means the divorce papers shocked everyone—
but what happens next is going to shock you.
Larry:
Bethany?
Bethany:
Goodbye, Larry.
(She hangs up.)
Maya:
You okay?
Bethany (steady, calm):
No. But I will be.
[End Scene]
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