"Jessica, I saw your son with Sheila at the playground this morning. I went out of

my way to tell you, and this is how you react?"

Sallie's temper was notorious-she and Timothy were siblings, but their personalities couldn't have been more different.

Jessica's grip tightened on the taxi door handle.

She hesitated for a moment, then made up her mind and yanked the door open.

Sliding into the back seat, she managed a resigned little smile.

"A family day at the park," they'd said. What a lie.

The real family of three was them, not her.

Thank God she hadn't gone to watch herself be humiliated.

Sallie was so angry she looked about ready to explode. Jessica was just ignoring her!

Her son was practically being stolen away, and she didn't even care.

No wonder Henry's heart was full of Sheila.

Jessica only had herself to blame-no backbone at all.

It was enough to make Sallie furious.

She slammed on her sunglasses and stalked off.

glanced back

had no idea where

where she ran, if Timothy wanted to find her,

today; he probably

quick message, and showed

when he spun the steering wheel and doubled

spot where Jessica had fallen was

pulled into the driveway, parked,

the foyer, he was met by

looking for something?"

pressed his lips together. "It's nothing. Go

nodded and disappeared down

she hadn't

study,

a stack of divorce

his chair, sat down, and lit

cold gaze swept across the legal

Irreconcilable differences...

the marriage with

were like a knife to the

deep drag, then crushed

by one, he fed the divorce papers into the

His phone rang.

It was Henry.

you?

"I'll be there soon."

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