Chapter 39. Swallow Me Whole

Reese

“Babe, relax…” Troy smiled as he drew closer to mom with his arms wide open. He gave her a peck on the lips, which caused me to roll my eyes, crossing my arms over my chest. “She’s here to sign the divorce petition, and she will go to the office tomorrow to take back what she said to the boards…”

Mom’s brow arched as she turned her attention to me. “Is that so? Then why did she tell me that you invited her here?”

“He did!” I responded, uncrossing my legs as I stood up from my seat. “He even kissed me in the car, mother…”

I took out my phone from my purse, and when I looked up, Troy was staring at me, his face was hard as if warning me not to tell mom, while my dear mother seemed not to believe in me, but she stared at me, her mouth slack.

“Stop hallucinating! Troy will never kiss you!” she barked.

“But he just did. Inside his car…” I touched my bottom lip to torment her even more, and then ran my fingertips on top of my breast. “He ev