Chapter 60: Mother of Sin

SOPHIE POV

It was Thursday evening, and I sat with my knees drawn up on my bed, thinking soberly about my encounter with Adam last Saturday once again.

I needed peace and quiet today, so I literally forced Owen and his siblings to go order pizza and have some fun in the yard instead of staying back inside with me. I just needed enough space to think.

For the last three days, I've been trying to use work as an excuse to forget the emotional turmoil that was brewing in my mind, but unlike other cases, my plan to use work as a cover-up has proven hopelessly abortive.

I could hardly concentrate on anything. Because in this particular scenario, my adorable kids, who represent the very essence of my life, were at stake this time.

I couldn't bring myself to imagine them having a man like Adam as their father. As bad as I thought my own father was, Adam was far worse. Though they were almost the same, Adam was still a notch lower.

Adam was a man with little willpower, a man who knew so littl