My husband threw me and our son out—so I left without a word, and by nightfall he came home to strangers in a house that was never his

me like your wife, not like a tenant you could throw out with our son because I refused to obey you.”

He moved toward me quickly.

Peter immediately stepped between us.

Derek stopped, but only because the room was full of witnesses. His face turned red.

“My parents are on their way,” he said through clenched teeth. “They’ll straighten this out.”

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