Mój mąż miał romans z moją siostrą, podczas gdy ja opiekowałam się jego chorą matką. Po pogrzebie rozwiedliśmy się, a oni się zaręczyli. Jednak kilka dni później krzyknął: „Od początku wiedziałaś, że moja matka to zrobi!”

Kindness isn’t something a person can buy.

For several seconds, I couldn’t move.

Valerie had known.

Nadia’s visit had frightened Valerie enough that she’d put the truth in writing before she died.

And the worst part was that she’d been right — Zion and Nadia had dragged my reputation through the dirt and painted me as a spiteful, manipulative person.

But this letter undid their lie entirely.

She’d been right

I could have kept the letter private.

I almost did.

But Zion had tried to use his mother to make me stay, and now he was using his mother’s death to make his lie believable.

I couldn’t let it continue.

Their engagement party was the following weekend.

I couldn’t let it continue.

And nearly everyone they’d told would be there.

So I went.

***

The room went quiet when I walked in.

Nadia’s face hardened.

Zion immediately came toward me.

“How dare you show your face here?”

The room went quiet when I walked in.

“I hear you’ve been saying that I poisoned your mother against you after I found out about your affair.”

“Because you did,” he snapped.

Nadia crossed her arms.

“You couldn’t stand that we moved on.”

I pulled the envelope from my purse. “Let’s set the record straight.”

“Because you did,”

His aunt Miriam, Valerie’s older sister, spoke from across the room.

“What is it?”

I looked at her.

“A letter from Valerie.”

I didn’t read every word.