y, but my husband cheated on me an
.
d, I unexpectedly saw my husband h
nd covered her belly with the other as the
I seeing things? Isn't that your husband who's
ing him to Leterroch for a three-day business trip, and
the anniversary
is familia
now," Colin whispered into the phone, coverin
I might have believed him. "Oh, nothin
d his expression, accompanying the woman w
ege classmates, thoug
and then he pursu
ome similarities, which made u
were to
arly to buy my favorite breakfas
rt-time jobs just to
ed classes together, worked part-time to
forget the night o
arlier to get the lo
late part-time job and w
ecretly preparing a
t him to give me a
rty was supposed to be, only to be told by the owner that
in, but he d
y to witness him and another guy in an arg
l Colin seemed to enjoy it,
ith him, ignoring all his
the alumni reuni
e glass among the crowd, and
n for our breakup, he was
d kissed him while being escorted back to the dorm,
ion, and eventually, the misu
arted dating again, making up f
ader at a parts company, withou
d ambitious than four years ago,
er getting back toge
money to support his education over th
ething unemployed brothe
ling sorry for him, I didn't ask for anything
ased by my friends
st time they'd seen a gi
wenty-nine, and he
lace with his lazy brother, claiming they could he
olin's family, I tr
y, and over five years, I had been promoted to supervisor, wit
ad saved nearly thr
les job wa
ntly and didn't have s
m leader, his monthly salary was o
oduced my clients to him and transferred thous
ving expenses for his
generosity would earn mo
their eyes, I was ju
.
my friend, I returned ho
the door, I was greeted by
was littered with snack wrappers and paper scrap
leather sofa with a group of hi
hink my home was a frat h
ropped my shopping bags, and immedi
in some fresh air, put on gl
the house, I slammed the mop down
me and shouting, "Can't you wait until we're go
u can go play elsewhe
olerating him, Taylor
ctionate expression towards Taylor
omplaining, "Mom, Tiffany just told me to get out,
aylor is your older brother-in-law, after all. Can't
e had any shame, he wouldn't have turned my plac
ears ago, carefully selecting all the
of it, but he kept bringin
I bring my friends over for gathering
g his weight around. "Tiffany, how dare you speak to Judith like th
myself." I took off my g
ritably, "Colin, your parents want you t
I hung up i
worst thing to happen to our family. You're lazy, prodigal, disrespe
ed up that she
iou
y, they'd all
es for Colin and his parents, which were
returned everything in anger and replaced the
sing a child in this enviro
ive off me, so what right do you have to sc
t, "Your money? Tha
her shouting, and I didn'
om, and the world sudden
.
hours, Colin
omplaining to him about
his family's true
ordered them to clea
door, gently coax
him with that wom
few clothes and wen
was not a good place to stay, and I
home, there was no other place I c
oved out, Colin c
rite foods and apologized
ed. Who could tolerate
ient, apologizing at the d
to chase him away, telling him I'd return h
hout a call or visit from Colin
y should they live there? If anyone should l
ad only wanted to avoid seeing
t what Colin had been
ina worried about my safety living alone and gif
eviewed the footage fr