I watched Alston’s tooth fly out from the impact. Blood trickled from his split lip.
“Son of a bitch!” He spat blood onto the sidewalk. “Who the hell do you think you are, Ives? Playing the hero?”
“Alani is my wife. This is our business–stay out of it!”
“You signed the divorce papers. We’re already divorced.”
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“What divorce? I don’t recognize that. I signed those papers under threat. They don’t count. I only signed them to track you down! I love you. I don’t want a divorce. You’re everything to me!”
His passionate declaration just made my stomach turn. I pulled out my phone to call the police.
Seeing this, Alston lunged forward to stop me. But Ives stepped between us like a shield, blocking his path.
“Didn’t you hear what she said? She’s divorced you! Leave now and stop harassing her, or I’ll make you regret it!”
Alston was already seething, and Ives’s interference pushed him over the edge.
“Fuck you, you slut! Asking fo another round?”
Blind with rage, Alston couldn’t control himself anymore. He swung wildly at Ives’s face!
But Ives was ready for him. He smoothly sidestepped the punch. They were locked in a full–blown brawl.
Both men had been sitting on their anger for too long.
Alston hated Ives for butting in, while Ives couldn’t stand that Alston had won me only to betray me, treating his dream girl with such disrespect.
“I knew you wanted her all along! You home–wrecking bastard! I’ll kill you!”
“Damn right I do! You won her and then cheated! You spineless coward. You broke her heart! You don’t deserve Alani!”
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“She’s My wife, you son of a bitch! She married ME, and you’ll never come between us!”
“This isn’t the Middle Ages! People get divorced! You can’t own her! Keep your fucking dreaming!”
Both men knew how to fight. Ives had kickboxing training, while Alston boxed regularly.
They were too evenly matched to predict a winner.
Thankfully, I’d already called the police.
When officers arrived, they pulled the men apart and cuffed them both.
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“Thank god you’re here,” Alston switched to perfect French. “She is my wife. We were having a little disagreement when this guy attacked me!”
Alston gestured toward Ives indignantly. “That’s him! He punched me out of nowhere! Butting into private business between me and my wife!”
“Sir, please arrest him right now!”
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