Chapter 58
Valerie Will
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After spending over an hour sulking inside the guest room, I made my way into the bathroom and washed my face. My eyes were red and my face was swollen.
Why did I let Jessica and Patrick affect me so much?
It’s been so many years but the betrayal was still fresh.
Maybe it was because their son would be a constant reminder of the betrayal. I wasn’t sure how I would live knowing that we shared the same baby daddy.
It was embarrassing.
After I washed my face, I wiped it with a clean towel. Then I looked at my reflection in the mirror. I didn’t recognize who I saw.
Why was I crying because of my ex-husband and my former sister? I ought to have moved on from the betrayal a long time ago.
They didn’t deserve my tears.
I had reinvented myself but I wasn’t acting like that woman anymore. I was still behaving weakly and letting unnecessary things get to me.
But it wasn’t going to happen anymore.
I didn’t care about Jessica or Patrick.
It wasn’t my busine