Chapter 31
Chapter 31
George took a sip of coffee. “Ms. Murphy has had a child and reached a certain age. Maturity was inevitable,” he said.
I glanced at George. He wasn’t wrong, but it was interesting he’d addressed me as “Ms. Murphy” rather than the casual “Victoria.”
Jared let out a tired sigh. “She was so easy when she was little. Now she’s a teenager who talks back constantly, and I don’t know how to deal with her anymore.”
Sandra smiled knowingly. “No one understands parenting like Victoria. She put her whole life on hold for six years to raise Yvonne–that kind of devotion shows.”
I smiled bitterly to myself. Morality wasn’t taught–it was something people were born with or without, plain as that.
Lunch was served amid pleasant conversation. Jared made a show of putting food on my plate–those carefully calculated husband gestures he’d mastered.
Sandra watched with undisguised envy while Wendell shoveled food into his mouth, completely oblivious.
Without Tracy, without Jared’s betrayal, I might have called this a happy marriage. But that illusion had shattered long ago.
After lunch, true to his word, Jared transferred the money. When he asked if I was going to the office that afternoon, I declined, saying I needed to visit the Harmonia Hotel site instead.
He arranged for his driver to take me while he left with George.
After six years of marriage, we’d settled into a comfortable routine–all the passion spent, our conversations as predictable as the tide.
Was this what happened to all marriages eventually? Or was ours uniquely empty?
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facilities showed their years.
the time I finished my inspection. I left with photographs and blueprints
new pony, though I’d resolved to
in his usual suit, shrugging off his jacket
spread across my lap until I felt his
him, taking his coat to hang up
couch. Jared waited a beat
turned sulky. “Mom won’t play with
words. When had Jared ever made that promise
Jared murmured. “You’re a big girl now with school and friends. You’ll
1/3
to do”
steps. “I want Mom home. I’m still little, and taking care of me is
even fake a smile when
love should go both ways, but while I gave her my whole heart, all she wanted was to keep me prisoner in our home. Yvonne’s version of love was pure selfishness wrapped in
had become–a clear parenting failure.
at her father’s voice, putting on that childish pout she thought was
over. You’re going to school tomorrow,” Jared declared before striding
when she saw the documents in
my hand connecting with
screamed. “You’re not
it stunned me. Jared and I were both calm people–so
sister–my sister–in–law–had the same
stand outside for thirty minutes,” I said coldly, pointing to the
Yvonne hesitated for a split
for you.” I knew I had to
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