After the divorce, he begged

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Jeffrey was absolutely certain Rebecca had done that on purpose

“How could you treat something Jeffrey gave you like this!” Andrea asked as she quickly picked it up and admired it with clear affection. “This is

Before Andrea could finish her sentence, Rebecca was already getting into the car with her suitcase.

Rather than going home, she headed directly to Jessica’s apartment. Since she hadn’t found a new place yet, keeping her belongings there seemed like the safest option.

Jessica’s heart clenched when she saw how heartbroken and drained Rebecca looked after just half a day. “Was it that awful man again?”

Rebecca responded with a quiet nod.

That complete bastard!” Jessica muttered under her breath. “He’s absolutely worthless,”

“When I went back to pack my things at noon, Rebecca explained in a calm voice that belied her hollow heart, “he insisted on searching my suitcase in front of Andres because he thought I had stolen from him,

“When called him this afternoon, I heard Andrea telling him she had just finished showering”

“What a total jerk!” Jessica snapped, her anger flaring up instantly.

Hearing her friend’s immediate defense, Rebecca pressed her lips together before finally looking up. “Jessica!”

Yeah? Jessica answered softly

“Can you just hold me? Rebecca asked, the brief calm suddenly replaced by a deep ache in her chest,


Jessica immediately pulled her into a warm, protective embrace.

Rebecca had been determined to stay strong, but remembering everything from the past two days made her nose sting. Even as she tried to fight them back, tears started streaming down her face.

Her shoulders shook with quiet sobs as her heart clenched with pain.

“Just let it out if you need to cry,” Jessica said, rubbing her back comfortingly. “Get it all out, and then we can start fresh. You’ll stay with me, I’ve got

you.”

Rebecccrying intensified at these words.

and only after about ten minutes did Rebecca’s

tears with a tissue and gently fixed her messy hair. “You’re not alone in this. You’ve got

her voice raw

come stay here with Samuel, Jessica offered. “It’s right by his school, and I can help with him so it won’t be

sternness. “No arguing. If you say no, that means you don’t really think of me as a

she was determined to find

really cool with you taking the kid with you?” Jessien know


father usually ended up with the children. Mothers most often

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something new for

“Yes.” Rebecca nodded.

thoughtful “What

them,” Rebecca said. “I never really

not easy people. If they find out

Rebecca nodded. “Okay”

a piece of my mind, Jessica said.

but she didn’t expect them to


when she saw Jeffrey’s parents sitting in the living

her car keys away and walked over. “Marcus, Candice, it’s been a

face full of spite. Even dressed in an elegant

She had always known his parents

marriage, she’d rarely spent time with them–partly because Jelly didn’t want her subjected to their judgment, and partly because his own

a result, they hardly saw each other except for

father, asked,

of defiance or simply resignation, she offered a terse reply. “I don’t

were pursuing a divorce?” Marcus looked

instinctively drifted toward

understand her concern, Marcus clarified, “Samuel isn’t here. I had someone

buzzed with an incoming message

voice sharp as she looked at Rebecca with pure dismissal.


hands tightened. She hadn’t expected Jessica’s warning to come

with Jeffrey,” Rebecca said, not wanting to create any unnecessary

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