Taken by my stepfathers
“And I was ready to let that fantasy go. I was ready to walk away from it. But after you showed me exactly who you are? I’m not leaving the woman I cheated with. Not now. Not ever.”
Her breath caught, and her eyes widened slightly, panic flickering behind the bitterness. “You’re serious…”
“I don’t joke about loyalty,” I replied. “You should have learned that by now.”
“You’re choosing her over me,” she whispered.
“I’m choosing truth over decay,” I said flatly.
I took a sip of my coffee and stood up, straightening my jacket.
“So,” she asked quietly, bitterness dripping from every syllable, “is she going to be your second wife?”