Nobody touched the glasses of water I’d prepared.
I placed Dakota’s note beside the clinic receipts.
Then I looked at her.
“Who is the child?”
Dakota turned toward Tony.
“Tell her.”
He closed his eyes.
“
Dakota, please.”
She shook her head.
“You’ve had four years.”
My stomach dropped.
“Four years?”
Tony stared at the table.
Dakota took a breath.
“Jennifer, five years ago, Tony was working on a project out of town.”
I remembered.
He’d spent several months traveling for work.
Dakota continued.
“During that project, he met my older sister, Emily.”
I turned toward my husband.
He wouldn’t look at me.
“They became involved,” Dakota said quietly. “It lasted a few months.”
I felt the room shift around me.
I looked at Tony.
“You were having an affair?”
He nodded.
I stared at him.
“You came home every weekend.”
“I know.”
“You slept beside me and talked about our future.”