Lisa “This is not okay,” my mother kept saying, wearing a look of devastation, as though she had failed me. She sat at the foot of my bed, shaking her head again and again.“Mom, this is not your fault.”“I can’t let you do this, Lisa. ” Her voice cracked. “It feels like I’ve lost everything in the blink of an eye. What are the odds that you would even come back after this?”“I’ll be fine, Mom.” I reached for her hand, but she pulled away. “I'm a big girl. I just want us to survive.”“Cheating has become some kind of infestation in the pack. I wouldn’t want you starting from scratch.” I paused, then added, “You don’t have anyone but yourself and your children.”“But your father has to know about this.”Rage filled my bones at the sound of his name. “Why?” I snapped. “If I hadn’t walked into his office and seen him with his secretary. If my heart hadn’t been crushed by the one thing I thought I still had, my parents’ love. If he hadn’t ruined that, why would I be doing something as ri
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