RedNovelChapter 63
“Sorry, I've got to head home. My daughter's there alone, and she gets scared.” | wasn’t going to have a late-
night bite with another guy just to get back at Jared for running off overseas with Tracy.
Nathan looked kind of let down. But after | said no, he looked atwith even more clarity in his eyes, like he
respected my
decision.
“Alright. Get hsafe,” he said gently.
| turned around and walked to my car. As | drove past him, he stood by his car, just watchingleave. | lied. But
| still think | did the right thing.
Jared had no sense of morals. He disrespected our marriage. | had to prove | wasn’t like him. Although I didn’t
mind Nathan setting up this little “coincidental” meet-up, | knew | wanted my next relationship to start when |
was officially single.
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| couldn’t start a relationship with him while | was still married on paper, especially when there was no future for
us. That just wouldn’t be fair.
By the t| got home, it was already past ten. The nanny heardcin and asked if | wanted anything to
eat. | told her to go ahead and rest.
Upstairs, my phone rang. It was Jared calling from abroad. “You didn’t bring Yvonne htoday?” he asked right
away.
| stayed calm. “I called her, but she didn’t answer. Mom said | should leave it alone for a few days.”
“So just because Mon told you to stay out of it, you did?” Jared got mad, like | knew he would. “Don’t forget,
you're her mother. It’s fine to focus on work during the day, but once you're off, your kid should cfirst.”
“I'll pick her up from school tomorrow afternoon.” She’s my daughter. Of course, | had to take care of her.
“When you see her, don’t be so sharp with your words. Just try to be sweet. She's still a little kid.” Jared could tell
I'd been emotionally closed off. He wantedto soften up.
“I hear you.” | didn’t want to listen to his lectures. A cheating jerk had no right to talk down to me.
There was a pause on his end. Then he asked, “So where were you tonight?”
“I had dinner with Melissa,” | told him honestly.
It sounded like he wanted to say something else, but then | heard a woman's soft voice in the background. She
was calling his nsweetly. Jared said something quickly and then hung up. The line went dead.
| tossed my phone aside and flopped onto the bed. My mood just tanked. The next day at 4 PM, | showed up at
Yvonne's private preschool right on time.
Maybe because | hadn't cin a while, a few of the moms | used to chat with cup to say hi. They asked if
I'd been traveling, and said | kind of disappeared.
| made up sexcuse. But | could see the judgment there, like they already knew what was going on with my
marriage. They probably saw those pictures from the other day, Jared and Tracy baking a cake with my daughter.
Yvonne cout with her class. When she saw me, she turned and walked the other way. | quickly went after
her. “Yvonne, you can’t just run off like that. What if someone took you?” | called out behind her.
She stopped, turned around, and glared at me. “Why didn’t Grandma cget me?”
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| leaned against the wall and answered calmly, “I'm your mom. It’s my job to pick you up from school.”
“You hitbefore. You were mean. | don’t want a mom like that. Her face twisted in hurt.
| noticed her eyes starting to water. | looked down at the ground and thought for a second. “Didn't your teacher
talk about respecting your parents? | spoiled you because I love you. | need you to know something. | need love
from you, too.”
Yvonne blinked hard. Then suddenly, she ran into my arms and hugged me. “Mommy, can you lovelike you
used to?”
| looked down at her tiny body in my arms. Lately, | had been cold, even harsh, carrying all this bitterness from
my previous life. | disciplined her. But no matter what, she was still the daughter | had loved for so many years.
There was no way | could let her go. | just needed to figure out how to raise her the right way. “Yvonne,
sweetheart, | want you to always remember. Mommy loves you no matter what.
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