Chapter 41

I lean my head back against the glass and think about my mom, all those years ago and what my father’s affair did to her, did to them. It’s the closest thing comparable to my situation right now, and I at least have some insider knowledge on that outcome. They are stronger now because of it, but at the time it ripped my life apart in so many ways, to see two people I loved to death in so much pain. Young enough to see it all and feel the fallout and destruction that it caused all of us, affected by the chaos and carnage it brought their marriage. It’s still a black scar on me to this day and when I was in my teens, I was heading down the same reckless path as Jake did because of dumb issues skirting from it. I know how deep the effects of an affair can run.

My father thought their relationship was dying, running stale and he no longer loved her…much like I am with Natasha. He had an affair with someone who turned him on, someone he had formed a friendship with over the years,