He Only Loved Me After I Died

Josie blackmailed Nolan into marriage by threatening his sister's life. For seven years he answered her with mockery and verbal abuse, never once speaking her name with warmth. On their seventh anniversary she finally saw the truth she had refused to face. Her own reckless choices had killed someone. She could not live with the guilt. She took her own life in atonement, leaving him a house, a ring, and nothing else to say.