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money? I’m confused. You’re married to a doctor. Why would you need me available?”
“Well Don’s cheating on me. I realized how great you are.”
I sit back and smile. I shouldn’t be happy, but poor little Jess now knows what it feels like to have your heart stomped on. Not that she loves Don anyway. She only loves his money. The ice bitch loves no one. She’s probably afraid he’ll cut her off if they get divorced.
“Well Jess, Karma’s a bitch. What can I say?”
“Can we talk over lunch?”
“No.”
“I’ll call every day until you love me back.”
“Please don’t. I gotta go.”
I slam the phone down on the night table. Gawd Damn it, Joella’s standing in the doorway. I have no fucking luck.
“What was that about?”
“Nothing of interest. Just a pointless conversation.”
“Didn’t sound pointless to me.”
“How much did you hear?”
“Enough”
She looks pissed. I don’t blame her. It doesn’t look good.
“It’s not like I want her to call me.”
“What the fuck does she want?”
“I don’t know. I don’t really want to talk about her.”
“Oh, I do.”
“We’re only gonna fight about it.”
“You never told me Jessica was pregnant.”
“Yep. She got pregnant when we were nineteen. I thought I’d do the right thing and marry her. I didn’t have much money. I was working like a dog at the restaurant. We were married by a judge at city hall. We lived with my mother for a few months. We moved right before Jess supposedly lost the baby. I wasn’t home that day. I was working a double shift. She said she felt something wasn’t right, so she went to the doctor. The weird thing was she called me after the fact. She said she didn’t want to bother me at work. When she called she said she was at a clinic. I offered to pick her up. She said no and had my mom pick her up. She had been under anesthesia. Now, either she really did lose the baby or she had an abortion. I’ll never know.”
“Oh My God. Why didn’t you ask her?”
“I didn’t want to know the truth. I hid from it. I was there for her, but I questioned it in my mind our entire marriage. She never wanted to have another baby when I would ask. Her doctor then is her husband now. She was sleeping with him our entire marriage. He was married then so it wasn’t obvious. After he was divorced, she went out more. I didn’t know this then. I started to suspect things. I was busy building a business. In part I probably pushed her to him, but it’s no excuse. When I finally caught them together, I lost it. I made her tell me everything. She wanted to stay together. I shut her out and acted like she didn’t exist. A week after I told her I wanted a divorce, she moved out of our house and in with Don. As soon as our divorce was final she married him. During our divorce trial, Connor passed away. Well, you know what I mean. Only few people know what happened with Jess, but I’m sure they talk. She betrayed me throughout our whole marriage. I never trusted anyone again until you came into my life. I don’t want anything or anyone to tear us apart. I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I’m sorry about yesterday, I just freaked. At the bakery, I just wanted you to relax and not worry about work. I’m at a place in my life where I can take it easy. I want to spend my time with you, see everything, give you everything, and start a family with you. I made the mistake of having work ruin my first relationship.”
“Oh babe, you can’t blame yourself for what that slut did. I would never do that to you. I’m in the prime of my career and I need you to understand that. It doesn’t mean that I love you any less.”
“Just promise me, if you’re unhappy with our life together or if you
“Well Don’s cheating on me. I realized how great you are.”
I sit back and smile. I shouldn’t be happy, but poor little Jess now knows what it feels like to have your heart stomped on. Not that she loves Don anyway. She only loves his money. The ice bitch loves no one. She’s probably afraid he’ll cut her off if they get divorced.
“Well Jess, Karma’s a bitch. What can I say?”
“Can we talk over lunch?”
“No.”
“I’ll call every day until you love me back.”
“Please don’t. I gotta go.”
I slam the phone down on the night table. Gawd Damn it, Joella’s standing in the doorway. I have no fucking luck.
“What was that about?”
“Nothing of interest. Just a pointless conversation.”
“Didn’t sound pointless to me.”
“How much did you hear?”
“Enough”
She looks pissed. I don’t blame her. It doesn’t look good.
“It’s not like I want her to call me.”
“What the fuck does she want?”
“I don’t know. I don’t really want to talk about her.”
“Oh, I do.”
“We’re only gonna fight about it.”
“You never told me Jessica was pregnant.”
“Yep. She got pregnant when we were nineteen. I thought I’d do the right thing and marry her. I didn’t have much money. I was working like a dog at the restaurant. We were married by a judge at city hall. We lived with my mother for a few months. We moved right before Jess supposedly lost the baby. I wasn’t home that day. I was working a double shift. She said she felt something wasn’t right, so she went to the doctor. The weird thing was she called me after the fact. She said she didn’t want to bother me at work. When she called she said she was at a clinic. I offered to pick her up. She said no and had my mom pick her up. She had been under anesthesia. Now, either she really did lose the baby or she had an abortion. I’ll never know.”
“Oh My God. Why didn’t you ask her?”
“I didn’t want to know the truth. I hid from it. I was there for her, but I questioned it in my mind our entire marriage. She never wanted to have another baby when I would ask. Her doctor then is her husband now. She was sleeping with him our entire marriage. He was married then so it wasn’t obvious. After he was divorced, she went out more. I didn’t know this then. I started to suspect things. I was busy building a business. In part I probably pushed her to him, but it’s no excuse. When I finally caught them together, I lost it. I made her tell me everything. She wanted to stay together. I shut her out and acted like she didn’t exist. A week after I told her I wanted a divorce, she moved out of our house and in with Don. As soon as our divorce was final she married him. During our divorce trial, Connor passed away. Well, you know what I mean. Only few people know what happened with Jess, but I’m sure they talk. She betrayed me throughout our whole marriage. I never trusted anyone again until you came into my life. I don’t want anything or anyone to tear us apart. I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I’m sorry about yesterday, I just freaked. At the bakery, I just wanted you to relax and not worry about work. I’m at a place in my life where I can take it easy. I want to spend my time with you, see everything, give you everything, and start a family with you. I made the mistake of having work ruin my first relationship.”
“Oh babe, you can’t blame yourself for what that slut did. I would never do that to you. I’m in the prime of my career and I need you to understand that. It doesn’t mean that I love you any less.”
“Just promise me, if you’re unhappy with our life together or if you
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