I Chose Dignity When She Chose Her Affair
I said.
Owen hesitated, but he made the call.
If she came for me right away, I'd forgive everything, the affair, the baby, all of it.
One second, two seconds, three, and then the flat tone of a rejected call.
They were already out of sight, but I kept staring in the direction they'd gone. Something hardened inside me in that moment, something I couldn't let go of.
Owen looked at me but said nothing.
"Call again."
He dialed. She hung up again.