Who Will Share the Rest of Your Life?
The second time Yuri Stone's mistress got pregnant and showed up on my doorstep, I tied her up, dragged her to the hospital for an abortion, and slashed her face.
Then I turned on the gas and waited for Yuri to come home, smiling as I told him we were going to die together.
I didn't snap out of it until our son, Xander Stone, threw himself into my arms, sobbing so hard he could barely breathe.
"Mommy, please don't do this. I'm scared."
The lighter slipped from my hand.
But the next morning, Xander's little body was cold and stiff.
He'd left a final message on his smartwatch.
[Mommy, I'm trading my life so you and Daddy won't fight anymore.]
At the funeral, my brother, Ethan Xavier, slapped m