“The first three. Mark offered the last.”
Her face changed.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“The first time, I was ashamed. After that, every payment made telling you harder.”
I understood. I didn’t like it.
“Emma has cried herself to sleep for two nights.”
Helena looked down.
“I know.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Then why did this cost her Sophie?”
Helena sat.
“It wasn’t the money.”
“It changed when Mark started helping Sophie think about college.”
“She’s only 16.”
Helena sat.
“And already scared everyone else knows what they’re doing. Mark made lists with her, talked through classes and future applications. Then he promised that if she got into a school she loved, the enrollment deposit wouldn’t stop her. He told her she could have options whether her father was around or not.”
I finally sat down.
“He promised her that?”
Helena nodded.
“He promised her that?”
“Then he started acting like the promise bought him a vote. He wanted a say in Sophie’s classes, schools, even what she should study.”
“And you told him no.”
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