After searching everywhere, he asked Wendy if she had seen them. With a cold, neutral expression, she admitted to throwing them away. Her reasoning?
That he “talked about Cloé too much” and needed to “move on”—and she thought this was a way to help him start.
The man was heartbroken. Not only had Wendy destroyed irreplaceable memories, but she had also taken from their daughter the only chance to connect with the mother she never got to know. An intense argument followed, and the man locked himself in the bedroom, unable to cope with the betrayal.
Searching for Fragments, Seeking Peace
The next morning, the man began searching through his computer, hoping to recover any digital traces of Cloé he might still have.
He knew how much these videos would have meant to Eleanore, who still cried sometimes about never truly knowing her mother. Meanwhile, Wendy continued to apologize, texting him repeatedly, though he admitted he couldn’t even bear to look at her.
Even more painful, mutual friends had started pressuring him to forgive Wendy, telling him to move on since Cloé had died over a decade ago. But he felt deeply misunderstood—these friends hadn’t experienced such a profound loss and couldn’t grasp what those videos represented.
A Man Torn Between Grief, Anger, and Confusion
Now, overwhelmed by pain and uncertainty, the man is questioning whether his reaction is too extreme or completely justified.
The betrayal has not only reopened old wounds but also fractured the trust in his current marriage. With his daughter’s birthday fast approaching, he’s desperate to salvage any remaining memories—and struggling to decide how to move forward.
