You Are My One and Only

Yvonne laughed. “That’s so evil, Adeline. But you’re right. My cousin gave birth to twins, and oh boy, the tiger stripes are gruesome. She gave birth to triplets, didn’t she? I bet it’s uglier.”

Adeline frowned. Looking at Ryan, she got a little angry. He had always been obsessed with Patricia. She tried to woo him before, but he ignored her. Now that she was engaged to Isaac, he was out of the race. Adeline felt smug about finally making it in life. She got out of her pool and went to the pool where Ryan was. She stood between him and Patricia, smiling. Adeline turned to him. “You always leave right after dinner, Ryan. Why did you stay this time?” Adeline arched her eyebrow. She thought he was a faker. He had been pestering her about Patricia for years, and it got on her nerves.

Ryan disliked this woman. He said coldly, “That’s none of your business.”

Adeline had nothing to say to that, and her face fell. “You like Patricia, don’t you? But I have bad news for you. She’s already a mother of three. You’d have to ask her sugar daddy if you want to marry her.”

Ryan’s face fell, and he shoved Adeline away.

bearing and fell into the water. She stood back

moved over to Patricia.

She wanted to say something, but she could not. She loved the kids. They were her whole world, but she could never explain how they came to be. Everyone started whispering behind her back the moment they knew she was a single mother. She was

you. Your family cut all

to

about that. She got pregnant in senior year, so she had to drop

a mother at that age?

the same girl I used to be. She calmed down and decided to fight back. Patricia sneered. This is

panicked. “Lies! You’re making up nonsense