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Issue · 2026-W44Fresh chapters for the daily commute · Thu, Oct 29, 2026

A Ten Year Severance

EnglishPublished Oct 29, 2026

A Ten Year Severance is a serial in English. Parts 1–3 are printed here in full; the story continues from Part 4 in the official app.

From Part 4 the story is in the official app — the code is in the bar at the bottom of the page.

The story

Quinn has spent ten years serving Marcus Hayes and their son Hudson, until a fall at the bottom of the stairs leaves her ignored by both. When she feigns amnesia, Marcus's assistant Stella Monroe calls her the housekeeper and announces she is fired for chipping the custom steps. Quinn calmly demands ten years of severance, and Marcus pays her eighty thousand dollars before leaving with Stella and Hudson.

Alone in the silent house, Quinn confronts the truth of a decade spent surrendering her career and identity to a cold husband and a son who mimics his disdain. Then a missed period and a clinic visit bring a second shock: she is seven weeks pregnant, and the clarity she has finally found collides with a decision she never expected to face.

Opening

Marcus was sitting at the kitchen island just a few feet away, deep in a Zoom call. He didn't even glance up.

My ten-year-old son, Hudson, was scowling at his textbook on the sofa. "You just made me miss half my French tutoring session."

Looking at these two identical, ice-cold faces, a sudden, suffocating wave of anger washed over me. I had served this man and his son for a decade.

Issue contents

  1. Part 1Free here~1,060 words
  2. Part 2Free here~470 words
  3. Part 3Free here~550 words
  4. Part 4In the app
  5. Part 5In the app
  6. Part 6In the app
  7. Part 7In the app
  8. Part 8In the app
  9. Part 9In the app
  10. Part 10In the app
  11. Part 11In the app
  12. Part 12In the app
  13. Part 13In the app
  14. Part 14In the app
  15. Part 15In the app
  16. More partscontinue in the official app

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Questions

How many parts of A Ten Year Severance can I read here?
Three. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are printed here in full, each on its own page, and Part 3 is the last one this site carries.
Where does A Ten Year Severance continue after Part 3?
In the official app. Part 4 onward is not published on this site. Install the app, open it, and enter the code 627850 — it takes you straight to this story instead of the app’s front page.
What is the code 627850 for?
It tells the official app which story you were reading here. Copy it from the bar at the bottom of the page and enter it after installing.

KSCR Serials prints only the opening Parts that publishers release as previews, plus basic story details. Complete stories are read in the official app.