Chapter 58

Valerie Will POV

After spending over an hour sulking inside the guest room, I made my way into the bathroom and washed my face. My eyes were red and my face was swollen.

Why did I let Jessica and Patrick affect me so much?

It’s been so many years but the betrayal was still fresh.

Maybe it was because their son would be a constant reminder of the betrayal. I wasn’t sure how I would live knowing that we shared the same baby daddy.

It was embarrassing.

After I washed my face, I wiped it with a clean towel. Then I looked at my reflection in the mirror. I didn’t recognize who I saw.

Why was I crying because of my ex-husband and my former sister? I ought to have moved on from the betrayal a long time ago.

They didn’t deserve my tears.

I had reinvented myself but I wasn’t acting like that woman anymore. I was still behaving weakly and letting unnecessary things get to me.

But it wasn’t going to happen anymore.

I didn’