Divorce Over a Bow on a Coat Chapter 16

Divorce Over a Bow on a Coat Chapter 16

“Mom… I always thought you took better care of my brother because he was sick.”

“You always remembered what he liked to eat, what toys he wanted.”

“Whatever he asked for, you’d buy it for him the next day.”

“I could get a perfect score on an exam, and you wouldn’t even crack a smile.”

“The first time you ever smiled at me, really smiled, was the day I married Odessa. You said I had brought home the daughter-in-law you were most proud of.”

“So even that was for him. All these years, everything was a lie.”

After he finished, it was as if something inside him snapped.

He slid down against the wall and began slamming his head against it, over and over.

Sirens wailed in the distance.

I had already called the police.

Every single person who was a part of this would face the

The day I learned the truth, I couldn’t deny that I

resented her.

I resented her for being born.

I resented her for being a constant, living reminder of what they had done.

consequences.

“Mom.”

After it was all over, I went to pick up Sophia.

She stood in the doorway, hesitant.

She was only eight, and there was so much she didn’t understand.

But she knew that something terrible had happened to our family.