TRUTH

“You should get some rest.” His words were icy. “You look exhausted and ill! You’re also much too thin. Allessa needs a healthy mother, not some wraith who can barely lift her.”

“Alex. . . Are you still mad at me for running away with our baby? Why do you hate me so much. I was scared?” It was getting increasingly hard for me to remain upright, but this was important to talk about. I was physically weak at the moment, but I didn’t want our daughter to see us quarreling it not good for her little memories .

“How dare you ask that, you expect me to be happy at your wicked attitude ?” he hissed furiously. “How dare you, after running away with our baby?”

“I did what I thought was best for us,” she reminded him, her trembling voice as icy as his had been before. “You and your dad wanted a heir, you never loved me as well! You and your daddy were going to take away my baby if I had stayed yet I was going to pay the loan and still get divorced.”

“Just stop playing the tragic victim,” he war