Chapter 155

I turned around to see Neil standing there with a grim face, having clearly heard me call him a “jerk.”

I waved to Cathie coolly. “You should head off, drive safe tonight”

Cathie nodded, shot Neil a glare, and zoomed off with a press of the gas pedal.

She’s so free and easy, so cool.

If I had been half as free spirited as her, I wouldn’t have ended up with Neil, and none of this would have happened.

“So I’m a jerk in your eyes?” Neil’s voice was icy cold.

“What I think of you doesn’t matter, as long as you’re the best man in Bonnie’s eyes, that’s enough, isn’t it?” I retorted, “Neil, get a grip, Bonnie is important to you, and not just because of Karina. Stop coming to me with all this weird stuff.”

Ready to leave, I turned around only to have Neil grab my wrist and force me into his car. I tried to open the door, but it wouldn’t budge.

“What the hell are you doing? I demanded, my wrist,aching from his grip.

“What’s this about?” Neil pulled out a handful of photos, his tone icy

I took the photos and was taken aback. They were of me and Oscar, who I had run into at a Day of the Dead ceremony

We had shared a meal and he had hugged me before we parted Somehow, that had been caught on camera.

From the angle of the photo, we looked like a couple.

“Where did you get these?” I asked.

“Why were you hugging him? I thought you were just friends?” Neil was angry, as if I had cheated on him

were taken. We were divorced by then. What happened between

attempted to open the door again. “Unlock the door, I

but just as I was about to climb out,

got angry and

thin fabric of his shirt, my teeth dug hard into Neil’s

hit by me several times

had drawn blood from

at his sleeve, swearing, “How many

a napkin, “Open the door,

was pale. He

knew if I complained to his parents, hed

I immediately contacted Halley to find out who had taken the photos of Oscar and

taken

industry and could usually dig up

[Okay. I’ll let you know once

my phone and glanced at Neils

His personality wouldn’t allow for him to be so persistent,

was too late now

I hadnt experienced such deep pain, or if he was not wavering over Bonnie, I might have taken

more precise, if my child were still alive, as time went on, I could have let go of my resentment and

were a past that shouldn’t be entangled

coming up in a

put everything else aside and focused

certainly come. As for the other guests,

invited Russel, my best friend, I was more than

was the Whitmore family. The Whitmores and the Finches

Whitmores, and after deciding on the rest of the guest list, let others handle the

was bustling. I sat in a corner with Stella Barbara, and Alicia, eating and chatting Mitch was

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