“I know.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Did you know he canceled daycare to give Mara our money?”
Caleb stood.
“Jess.”
I pointed at the chair.
“Sit.”
He did.
His mother exhaled.
“I knew he used some of the money.”
“And you agreed to watch my daughter so I wouldn’t find out?”
“I thought if I helped with childcare, he could replace it before you went back.”
“So, yes.”
“Jess, I was trying to keep your family together.”
“No. You were helping him hide what he’d done.”
“I told him to end it.”
“And when he didn’t?”
She had no answer.
Neither did Caleb.
The baby began crying upstairs.
Every instinct in my body shifted toward her.
I started toward the door, then stopped.
“Caleb, you’re leaving tonight.”
His head came up.
“What?”
“Pack a bag.”
“Jess, come on.”
“No.”
“We have a newborn.”
“I know.”
“This is not the time to make some huge decision.”
I stared at him.
“You made the huge decisions already.”
He stood.
“You can’t just throw me out.”
“I’m not debating this while our daughter is crying upstairs.”
His mother spoke through the phone.
“Caleb, go.”
He stared at the screen.
“Seriously?”
“Yes.”
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