I came back home early with a suitcase full of expensive toys for my son, but I froze when I found him crawling on all four legs like an animal across the living room floor. My mother-in-law was rocking the mistress’s newborn baby in her arms, proudly laughing, “Now this is our real family’s pride.” My husband looked down at the floor, completely silent. I forced a cold smile, asked for a glass of water, and right in front of them, I called the divorce lawyer they never expected would pick up.
smirk. It took my sleep-deprived brain a fraction of a second to place her: Brooke Thorne, the junior executive assistant Dominic had hired a mere month before I was shipped overseas.
Brooke glanced down at the skeletal boy on the floor and released a low, mocking trill of laughter. “Oh, look, Dominic. Your little feral pet is putting on another show.continue reading …