These two were unbelievable. They kept barging in and interrupting me during normal working hours.

Jared, not hearing me say anything, just barged right in.

“Victoria, did you see the gift Yvonne gave you?” Jared asked, and then added, “She spent all night building it.”

Ijust shrugged, glancing at the edge of my desk. “I thought someone left it here by accident. I almost tossed it in the trash.”

My words were like flipping a switch–Wonne’s tears started up again. She buried her face in Jared’s big hand, her little shoulders trembling, looking so pitiful.

Jared was at a loss with me, so he just bent down and scooped Yvonne into his arms. “Yvonne, don’t cry. Mom’s got a lot on her plate at work, I’ll take you out for dinner tonight.”

Yvonne nodded, but when she glanced at me, her eyes looked a bit vacant. Jared ended up carrying her out. I grabbed my water and took a sip. I guessed Yvonne’d come a long way.

If this were my previous life, she’d still be at home screaming at me and throwing a fit right about now.

spend ages cleaning up, crawling around to pick up every tiny shard, for fear that she’d step on one and hurt her little

have to babysit or bend over backwards for my husband. I could just

bound to lose their mind. This time, it was Jared’s turn to enjoy that

night. It seemed that Sally just

the restaurant right on time, and the moment I stepped into the private room, it

relatives, the kind who’d watched my whole rollercoaster marriage with

Sally planning to have them/take turns lecturing me tonight? Well,

the case, I’d just let them say whatever they wanted to my face. I’d handle it as

all of them, so I greeted each one and quietly took my

these ladies are all your elders. They’ve seen it all and been through the ups and downs of marriage.

you. He doesn’t lay a hand on you, doesn’t have any bad

at her and said, “What about the silent

twitched. “Jared

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