ch

idea what I was talking about and looked at me like I had lost my mind. This acting only angered

almost painful. I wondered if she had continued with her modeling; she certainly had the face for it. And that hair was sure to lan

om

to talk to the child, but funny how I hadn't paid him any mind once I finally came face to face with her. It was like the world around us had disap

him. "I'm sorry, baby, we'll go home soon, ok

t was hard to reconcile that young woman, the woman in front of me now and the woman I now knew her to be. So many versions of the same person, but whic

I thought of the man that got to hold her every night. Was that the reason why she had left me that night? To rush back to her husband and child, or maybe child

ing answers but not sure that hearing

her infidelity. An accomplice to her betrayal. Her silence spoke volumes, confirming all my suspicions. After

y that you forgot

mistaken, she'd had an exceptionally good reason to leave me without saying a word. None of that was going to happen, though, because the evidence was right there

y eyes off hers. I wanted Jade to feel the impact of m

ead. "Please, Michael, c

rry, did you want a more private conversation? The last ti

Not in front of my child, Mich

d no precedent for dealing with being used by a married woman or any woman for that matter. I didn't have a code of conduct book on how to handle m

k that I owe you an

topped before she could tell wh

w the kind of person

ifferent. That must have hit a nerve because her eyes darkened

you know anything about my life! It's been years, Mich

with a secret life I hadn't thought to mention before we slept together. I hated that I was even affected by this, but I was. Something about Jade got under my skin, and if I thought that seeing her agai

rant, where I found Daisy still waiting for m

ne?" sh

re was nothing left to say. We'd shared an amazing night; she had lied, I had been disappointed, and I now had to move on. There wasn't much I couldn't control in life, but the list had ju

finally me

I had tried to leave my anger at the bottom of a bottle. I knew now that didn't help, so I was opting for something more productive this time. I was going

that it had been years. She didn't care what I thought or how I felt, so I wasn't going to

s that it was easier said than done because if it