“You took money we had set aside for our daughter’s daycare and gave it to your girlfriend?”
“It wasn’t like that.”
“What exactly was it like?”
“She was having trouble covering the deposit.”
I laughed once.
“So, you canceled our baby’s daycare to help your mistress rent an apartment.”
“I planned to replace the money.”
“With what?”
“My next bonus.”
“And what was supposed to happen when I went back to work with no daycare?”
He looked away.
Suddenly, the first conversation I overheard made perfect sense.
His mother hadn’t simply known he’d canceled daycare.
She knew why.
“You asked your mother to watch our daughter so I wouldn’t discover where the money went.”
“She offered.”
“And you let her cover for you.”
“She told me to end it.”
“But she still helped you hide it from me.”
Caleb sank into the chair.
“I told Mom it was over before the baby was born.”
“But it wasn’t.”
“No.”
“And tonight?”
He looked at his phone.
“That was Mara.”
I wanted to scream.
Instead, I became strangely calm.
“Call your mother.”
“What?”
“Call her.”
“Jess…”
“Now.”
He unlocked his phone.
His mother answered on the third ring.
“Caleb?”
“It’s me,” I said.
Silence.
Then she spoke quietly.
“Jess.”
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