Chapter 19 Smooth–Talker
The phone call shocked Matthew and me. His eyes narrowed, while mine grew sharper as I looked at him
and demanded, “Answer it!”
Matthew froze again.
“You will answer this call in front of me if you have any conscience left. I’ll give you one last chance!” I
stared at him, holding my still–crying daughter close.
After a while, I straightened up and continued, “I used to believe my husband would never betray me, even
in a world full of lies. You’ve let me down.”
I finally uttered the words I never wanted to face. I never expected the concept of betrayal to affect us
too. I cried as the words left my mouth. My cries mixed with Ava’s in a symphony of heartache and
brokenness.
phone, and the ringtone was even more jarring in the tense atmosphere. I looked
his fingers clenched into a fist as I growled through
at my
teeth, “Answer
phone
it!” Regardless of who it was, I wouldn’t give him
and reluctantly answered, “Mel,
right now. Can we
call you tomorrow then!” It was indeed Melanie’s voice on the other end.
up the phone, Matthew
the face of this unexpected turn. Ava’s
her to our room before slamming
“C–Chlo… Chlo!”
I suspected Melanie must be covering for her brother. I would expect such things from his
cunning and a convincing llar, making me shudder just thinking about it. I had shared my bed with that man for many years, but
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for me continuously, but I didn’t acknowledge him.
falling haunted me. My heart
a wink.
innocently stood
us up.
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