404 Error: You Lost My Love

Hugo Presley dedicated five years of his life to Sheila, nursing her back to health, cooking, cleaning, even fumigating their home to protect her from mold spores. He gave up his dream of becoming the top deep-sea explorer for Sea Lab to marry her—a promise he made to her father Perry, who had rescued him from an orphanage as a child. But nothing he did was ever enough. On their anniversary, Sheila came home late after a moonlight skinny dip with her wealthy ex-boyfriend Bryce. She berated Hugo for making her a cake, called him annoying, and reminded him she funded his entire life. She dismissed him when he tried to talk. The next morning, she screamed at him for not making her smoothie, insulted him in front of Bryce, and told him to be more like the man who supposedly named a shark after her. Hugo revealed the truth—he spent three years searching for that shark. He named it after her. But she had already signed the divorce papers he placed in front of her, without even looking at them.

Hugo received a call from Sea Labs' president James Duclos, offering him a one-year deep-sea mission with zero contact. Perry had recommended him, telling Hugo his debt was paid and that Sheila—like her mother before her—would regret letting him go. At home, Bryce moved in, Sheila's mother Harriet joined in humiliating Hugo, and Bryce tormented him with crude remarks. A mugging incident left Hugo bleeding on the floor while Sheila tended to Bryce's minor scrape. She massaged Bryce's oiled body in the bedroom while Hugo watched. He told her they were officially divorced. She refused to believe it, claiming she never signed anything—but she had signed it that morning in the kitchen. Hugo walked out the door with his suitcase. Harriet called him worthless, saying he'd be nothing without their money. He said he was wanted elsewhere. He took a deep breath and stepped into his new life—the ocean was finally calling him home.