Chapter 41. Talking to Mom

Julia

“I’m not sure what he told you, Mother, but it doesn’t sound like you have the full story.”

“What he told me was some rich man offered to take you away to his estate for the weekend, and you decided to go.”

Tears sting my eyes as I think about how Jeff has betrayed me to my own parents.

“Mother, what happened was that Jeff’s boss, Braxton Merriweather, made an arrangement with Jeff, a contract, one that Jeff signed before I knew anything about it. In exchange for ignoring Jeff’s horrible work at the office recently, the fact that he spends hours and hours of work time watching inappropriate movies and having relations with a woman in his department, Mr. Merriweather wanted to get to know me better. That’s all. Braxton is a gentleman, Mother. Jeff has been cheating on me for at least a year. What’s more… he signed that contract without even asking me what I wanted. Granted, Braxton asked my permission first. I had to sign it, too. Well,