Julia Schlaepfer Married Novels & Stories

“I work with her, and some guy showed up, grabbing her and yanking on her wrist. She was so shaken up afterward, I followed her home to make sure she made it there okay.” Julianna’s father sniffed before shaking his head. “Shaun’s not like that. He’s a good kid. He—” “He slapped her,” Sasha said, speaking up and surprising me because I hadn’t known she and Tyla and Chad had joined our conversation. “That’s why she really divorced him. Because he slapped her. And he cheated on her, too.” Brandt eased in closer to me, asking from the side of his mouth, “Did she just say divorced?” When I nodded, he turned to me fully, his mouth falling open. “When the hell was she married?”