To this day, I could still remember Emery’s words to me, “If I ever meet such a person, I’ll make sure they never have another day of peace in their life!”

Perhaps she already had her suspicions then that her marriage wouldn’t last long.

When she saw that I was quiet, Emery decided to change the subject. “By the way, I got someone to check out that Mr. Cress you were talking about. He seems all right. He’s from K City and has been teaching at Summer’s school for four years now. Kids love him because he’s young and good-looking.”

“Oh, thank you.” I nodded, my face devoid of expressions.

Emery suddenly stopped stirring her coffee and dropped the spoon. “Hey, don’t be like this. You’re divorced too, and now that I’m in the same boat as you, you should be happy for me. From now on, we’ll have each other for support. Men can all go to hell.”

Now that she had brought up my divorce, I knew I couldn’t keep the truth from her anymore. I had to come clean to her, and it was now or never.

After hearing the truth, Emery was surprisingly quiet. All she did was stare at me oddly.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” I finally asked as her stare was starting to make me uncomfortable.

replied. She didn’t seem all too surprised by this news as she looked away

more relaxed she seemed, the more anxious I got. “That’s all?

other. Even if the divorce was real, I figured you’d get back together sooner or later.

your eyes are really

oh, no, it’s just your bad

acting skills? How

I knew about Delilah. “Emery, actually Emma and I had seen Hunter going shopping with Delilah. But we were afraid you might not take it too

expression was calm as she glanced at me. “No wonder Emma has

bad Emma is at keeping secrets,

her it’s all over now. She doesn’t have to keep coming up with excuses to avoid meeting

you really not blame us?” I asked warily. Even though I knew her well, I

“The two of you could have told me the truth earlier and saved yourself all this trouble. I had

she had found out about it even before the ribbon-cutting ceremony should come as

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