When Lauren came home that evening, she walked into the living room and saw me sitting there with Sarah, Mike, my attorney, and Emily.
Her expression changed instantly.
She looked directly at Emily.
“You told him?”
Emily went pale.
But this time, she did not lower her head.
“Yes.”
Lauren laughed.
“You think he’s going to believe you? You’re just a housekeeper.”
I stood up.
“Not anymore.”
Lauren turned toward me.
I removed my wedding ring and placed it on the table.
“You can take your clothes. The lawyers will handle everything else.”
But my story did not.
When the legal matters were finally settled, I paid the remaining cost of Emily’s mother’s surgery.
At first, Emily refused.
“I didn’t help you because I wanted money.”