Her eyes lowered.
“He said he was waiting until his health stabilized before formally leaving.”
“Two months ago,” I said. “While he’d already been with you for four months.”
Jessica rubbed her forehead.
“He said he was waiting until his health stabilized before formally leaving. He said divorce stress would hurt the kids.”
I watched her carefully.
“And the kidney?”
There was no surprise in her voice now.
She looked directly at me.
“I knew it was you.”
There was no surprise in her voice now.
Only shame.
“He told me you offered even though the marriage was already over. He said you wanted him alive for Emma and Noah.”
“I thought you and Daniel had already agreed your marriage was finished.”
Neither of us spoke for several seconds.
“So you thought I knew?”
Jessica slowly nodded.
“I thought you and Daniel had already agreed your marriage was finished.”
I looked toward the hallway.
