I let out a brief giggle and said, "Mark, even if you hate my parents, I'm still your wife—I've been sincere to you for seven years, and this is how you repay me? Do you actually have a heart? Calling you a beast feels like an insult to beasts!"

His reply was instant. "Wife? June, now that death is upon you, you still want me to go easy on you?" Mark looked into my face, saying, "I might as well tell you, I've never liked you!"

He sneered and looked at me saying, "If it weren't ...