Love's Bitter Edge (Eva and Leonard)

Chapter 31

Chapter 31 He is My Husband

"Whose could it be besides to Lily asked, removing her earrings and wearing a smag smile

She added, "Tm going to dinner with estonight. 1 don't want to embarras him, so need to dress appropriately.

"That's why he asked me to come and pick out the clothes and jewelry. Since you haven't worn most of these clothes, 1 agreed, though reluctantly. If it weren't for the time crunch, I would have had tea getme new one."

She put the earrings into her bag and put on the jewelry right in front of me.

Emina stepped forward, but I stopped her. "Emma, forget it!

"Forget it? she's gotten so tullet herself oft don't wach her a lesson, I'll eat my hat!" she said.

She was ready for a fight, but I shook my head and pulled out my phone to call Leonard,

In situations like this, arguing with Lily didn't help. Since Leonard had practically let her take a place in our marriage, I needed to set things straight with him. If he had agreed to a divorce, it would have saved us both from dragging it out "The number you have dialed is tumedoft."

number

She smugly fixed her hair and said, "I know you need permission to wear the jewelry and dress, but I don't. Love or not, it's clear as day. Do you really think you can compete with

time, Lily had a glint of triumph in her eyes. I realized she had used

she threw her bagaside and was ready to condront Lily "You

her back fimlyand said,

today I'm Seeing me calmly shake my head, Emma was stunned for

in my eyes. Then I quickly dialed grand, with a choked voice, said, "Hello, 911? There's a burglary happening here. Please come quickly." tmma's hand, which had been rolling up her sleeve, is Seeing that both she and Lily were momentarily

using my plane. Now, not even the highest

Lilybanging on the door and

old hag! Have

me this way,

door right now, you

no matter how much she yelled, I

me a subtle thumbs-up and said, "Eva, you're

a direct confrontation, so I let the police handle it. As long as I didn't let it get to me, the embarrassment was

she realized I wasn't going to open the door, so she started smashing things instead.

damage would be significant enough that she'd hedealing with

and only broke a few things before she stopped and started calling to

then did my eyes fill with tears again. Thad perfected this routine. Il almost felt like a

unyielding and said, "Mr. Harmen asked me to get these things. None of them belong

Just look at my arm the